Some of the roles H-1B workers are hired to fill also involve less complicated jobs, like product testing, said Ronil Hira, an associate political science professor at Howard University and a research associate with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. These roles don’t necessarily meet the visa program’s intended goal of outsourcing roles that require unique skills.
CBS Moneywatch
January 21, 2025
“The Department of Labor under Trump could review the rule, and they might not necessarily deem that this is something that they want to continue to pursue,” says Margaret Poydock, a senior analyst with the Economic Policy Institute. “So they will just not issue a final rule, and that will kind of be the end of that rulemaking.”
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
January 21, 2025
…efforts-and exceedingly common: a 2019 study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute found that employers are charged with violating…[paywall].
The New York Review of Books
January 21, 2025
For every $10,000 increase in student loan debt, the odds of D.C. homeownership decreased by 8%, Kyle K. Moore — an economist with the Economic Policy Institute’s program on race, ethnicity, and the economy — and another researcher, Eduard Nilaj, found in a 2023 report. Their work accounted for factors such as age, income and credit score.
NBC Washington
January 21, 2025
As of 2023, according to estimates by the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute (EPI), foreign-born labor accounted for record-high 18.6% of the US workforce. That same year, according to EPI, the US labor force grew by 12.6% — a number that drops to just 0.5% when removing immigrants.
Yahoo Finance
January 21, 2025
Among the major changes in policy that workers could expect under the Trump administration, according to the Economic Policy Institute, are an end to proactive government support for the right to form a union, crackdowns on immigrants in the workplace, and a rollback of pro-worker laws and that gives employers more power
The Guardian
January 21, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Tukwila, Washington, has the highest minimum wage for non-tipped workers as of January at $21.10. Some of the other cities with the highest minimum wage this year include Seattle at $20.76; West Hollywood, California, at $19.65; Denver at $18.81; and San Francisco at $18.67.
Fox Business
January 21, 2025
Black workers — men and women — are more likely than white workers to be union members, and the wage boost they get from being covered by collective bargaining is 14.6%, above the 10.2% average wage boost for unionized workers overall, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Colorado Sun
January 21, 2025
Low-wage workers also experienced the fastest real wage growth of any income group under Biden, according to the Economic Policy Institute. More Americans are also in work than when he started his term.
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“The administration couldn’t overcome legislative opposition to labour law reform or to raising the federal minimum wage,” said Josh Bivens, chief economist at EPI, adding that the administration’s gamble that its progressive policies would become too popular to remove backfired. “Progressives need to not bank on programmes creating their own constituency.”
Financial Times
January 21, 2025
“Instead of undermining the economic security of tipped workers, Michigan policymakers should take steps to make the phase-out of the tipped minimum wage as smooth as possible for businesses, workers, and consumers,” said Sebastian Hickey of the Economic Policy Institute. “Despite resistance from business lobbying groups and conservative lawmakers, Michigan should maintain the court-ordered path to eliminate the tipped minimum wage and the exploitation it perpetuates.”
The Center Square
January 21, 2025