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• How Companies Can Respond To The Rising Tide Of The Great Resignation

  “I certainly think that the pandemic has led many people to reevaluate their work and their priorities and what they want to do,” Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute said in a statement to Business Insider.

  Forbes January 14, 2022
• Surveys of employers, households paint 2 pictures of the job market

  “The survey that gets maybe the most attention is the total number of jobs added — and that is from the establishment survey,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute and chief economist at the Labor Department from 2014 to 2017. “Businesses are asked, ‘How many people do you have on payroll?’ So that’s how we get this count of the total number of jobs in the economy.”

  Marketplace January 14, 2022
• Five things to know about a new Chicago law for domestic workers and the people who hire them

  There are more than 56,000 domestic workers in the Chicago metro area, according to a 2020 study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The study shows more than 90% of Chicago-area domestic workers are female, about half are either Black or Latino, and roughly 38% are immigrants, according to study findings provided by the Shriver Center. Many domestic workers are also undocumented, according to ARISE Chicago.

  WBEZ 91.5 Chicago January 14, 2022
• Unemployment Rate Fell For Everyone Except Black Women

  Economic Policy Institute senior economist Elise Gould also chimed in, “Discrimination and occupational segregation and all sorts of other related factors have meant that outcomes for Black workers are worse in the labor market than that for white workers…That translates into historically a higher unemployment rate that’s about two times that of white workers throughout the business cycle.”

  Essence January 14, 2022
• Americans quitting jobs sign of a ‘Great Upgrade’: Biden economic official

  The economist shared a chart from Economic Policy Institute which showed that lower-wage sectors of the

  New York Post January 14, 2022
• The Failure to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage Is a Moral Outrage

  You can check the minimum wage in your state and what effect state law will have on future pay in a report from the Economic Policy Institute, which focuses on the poor and poorly paid workers.

  dcreport January 14, 2022
• Tech firms cheer smoother visa sailing

  Daniel Costa, director of immigration at the Economic Policy Institute, noted that despite increased scrutiny during the Trump administration, the H-1B cap was still met every year.

  Axios January 14, 2022
• Retirement: Middle-aged workers exiting the labor market is a ’cause for concern,’ economist says

  Monique Morrissey, economist at the Economic Policy Institute, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the state of the workforce now that middle-aged and older Americans have retired during the pandemic and how they could face age discrimination when they try to return to work.

  Yahoo Finance January 14, 2022
• The grocery cashier ringing you up is not OK

  Around 29% of White workers are able to work from home, according to an Economic Policy Institute study in 2020. But fewer than one in five Black workers and roughly one in six Hispanic workers can work from home.

  CNN Business January 14, 2022
• Need a raise? Now’s the time to demand one

  “Even though we had record quits in November, hires were greater than quits in every major industry,” tweeted Heidi Shierholz, chief economist at the Economic Policy Institute. “Job-quitters are taking other jobs, not dropping out of the labor force…This is good news!”

  CNN Business January 14, 2022