At the same time, teachers often dig into their own bank accounts to pay for classroom supplies. An Economic Policy Institute analysis three years ago found the average teacher spent $459 a year on classroom supplies. The highest inflation in 40 years hasn’t helped.
Patch
April 29, 2022
For workers, winning a vote to form a union is only the first step in a steep and lengthy slog. Some employers drag out the negotiating process. Others simply refuse to talk. A 2009 Economic Policy Institute study found that fewer than half of new collective bargaining units have a contract after a year, only 70 percent after three years.
The Berkshire Eagle
April 29, 2022
Despite the growth, NEA data shows that Arizona teachers are still paid well below other college graduates in the state. Citing a reporting from the Economic Policy Institute, Arizona public teachers make about $0.68 for every dollar earned by other workers with comparable degrees.
ABC 15
April 29, 2022
Even if wage hikes continue at the torrid 8.1% pace of 2019-21, it would take 10 years for a worker in the 20th percentile of wages to reach $20 an hour, according to calculations by Lawrence Mishel, a distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, cited by Fast Company.
The Street
April 29, 2022
In addition to the federal guidelines, each state has adopted its own guidelines for employers, which should be reviewed for every state where your clients have workers. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), more than 20 states have adopted the ABC test for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor.
CPA Practice Advisor
April 29, 2022
Analysis done by the Economic Policy Institute says by 2030, we could lose up to 75,000 auto jobs in the USA, depending on how many internal combustion vehicles are still being made.
ABC 7
April 29, 2022
A substantial bloc of economists are contending that wages are receiving too much blame for inflation. A recent analysis across 110 industries by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank based in Washington, concluded that wage growth wasn’t correlated with the surge in costs that suppliers dealt with last year, suggesting that much of inflation could still be stemming from other forces, like supply chain imbalances.
The New York Times
April 29, 2022
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, a single adult can expect to pay an estimated $11,026 on housing in 2022. This amount varies across the country, however. In some states housing costs are far lower than the national average, while in others, Americans are paying thousands more.
24/7 Wall St.
April 29, 2022
The Economic Policy Institute, who has now completed their Company Wage Tracker project, aimed at compiling data showing how 66 big name retail and food industry companies pay workers less than $20 per hour. The project then breaks down the data into more discrete pay brackets to show the discrepancies between wages, from executive level to front line workers.
Mashed
April 29, 2022