According to the Economic Policy Institute, HCL Technologies “appear to have been underpaid by at least $95 million.” Its analysis is based on a review of an internal HCL document that came to light as part of a “whistleblower lawsuit” against the firm, EPI added.
WRAL TechWire
December 9, 2021
Our friends over at the Economic Policy Institute view the November numbers as a temporary blip, and project that the economy is on track to add a total of well over 6.5 million jobs by the end of 2021 and a full recovery by the end of 2022. That’s also a credit to the Biden program.
The American Prospect
December 9, 2021
Struggling to pay bills is not surprising given that Seattle has the sixth highest cost of living in the country and infant child care in Washington clocks in at a whopping $1,213 a month according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Seattle Times
December 3, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute warns this kind of shortage threatens students’ ability to learn, increases teacher turnovers and reduces effectiveness.
KX News
December 3, 2021
“The labor movement is the largest working women’s organization in the country. A lot of people don’t think of us in that way, but we represent six-and-a-half million women,” Shuler said.
The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that women in unions are paid more than their counterparts, and that collective bargaining helps close pay gaps for workers of color.
Business Insider
December 3, 2021
A 2019 analysis by the independent Economic Policy Institute in the United States argues the cost of the expansion of short-term rentals and Airbnbs outweighs the benefits for local jurisdictions and long-term residents.
Toronto Star
December 3, 2021
LaborPress
December 3, 2021
The pandemic forced a dramatic shift toward the purchase of physical goods and away from the purchase of face-to-face services. According to the Economic Policy Institute, that dynamic did not change — at least not enough — when the checks started arriving in March despite the millions of vaccinations that had been administered across the country.
GoBanking Rates
December 3, 2021
Consider the decades-long trend of widening income inequality in America. Until the 1960s, roughly 30% of U.S. workers were unionized and the top 10% of all earners in the country took home roughly 30% of all pay. By 2019, only 10% of workers were unionized, and the top 10% of all earners captured fully 46% of all pay. The results were especially crushing for men, who tended to be more unionized. For male workers, median yearly income declined by a stunning $5,171 in real terms over the decades from 1979 to 2019, per a study from the Economic Policy Institute.
Real Clear Politics
December 3, 2021