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Meanwhile, at the state level, among the ten most populous states, Pennsylvania is among the worst when it comes to the severity of wage theft. In Pennsylvania and Texas, the average victim of a minimum wage violation is cheated out of over 30 percent of earned pay, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute. Under Pennsylvania’s wage theft law, a worker is only entitled to a maximum of $500 or 25 percent of the wages owed, whichever is greater. The law also states that the potential criminal penalty to an employer is a maximum fine of $300 and up to 90 days imprisonment.
Next City March 5, 2020 -
This week we discuss the issue of childcare costs in Wisconsin. According to the economic policy institute the average cost for infant care in our state is 12-thousand-567 dollars a year. That is about $1,047 a month.
We are Greenbay March 5, 2020 -
Back in January, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) unveiled a new report finding that lopsided trade with China has cost 3.7 million U.S. jobs since 2001, with three-fourths of those jobs in manufacturing.
EPI researchers Robert E. Scott and Zane Mokhiber also found that wages have taken a big hit because of China’s unfair trade practices, with $37 billion wages lost every year between 2001 and 2011.
Alliance for American Manufacturing March 5, 2020 -
Aunque las compañías privadas ofrecen un promedio de ocho días por año, solo el 30% de los trabajadores con sueldos más bajos pueden tener días por enfermedad, según el Economic Policy Institute.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel March 5, 2020 -
Richard Rothstein was a guest.
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NPR March 5, 2020 -
Not only are highly educated women still getting paid less than men, but the equity pay gap is widening for women of color in the workforce, reports the Economic Policy Institute.
Diversity Woman March 4, 2020 -
A 2017 study from the Economic Policy Institute found the earnings gap between college graduates and those who only graduated from high school is at its highest point ever. College graduates, on average, earned 56% more than high school grads in a given year.
Blueridge Now March 4, 2020 -
Even with record low unemployment, wages have barely budged, when adjusted for inflation from pre-recession levels, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC March 4, 2020 -
New York’s teacher shortages are reflective of larger trends throughout the United States. In the Learning Policy Institute’s 2016 report, ‘A Coming Crisis in Teaching? Teacher Supply, Demand and Shortages in the U.S.,’ researchers projected the need for around 300,000 new teachers annually by 2020. In March 2019, the Economic Policy Institute reviewed the report, along with more recent data, and concluded, ‘The teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we thought…A shortage of teachers harms students, teachers and the public education system as a whole. Lack of sufficient, qualified teachers and staff instability threaten students’ ability to learn and reduce teachers’ effectiveness, and high teacher turnover consumes economic resources that could be better deployed elsewhere… In addition, the fact that the shortage is distributed so unevenly among students of different socioeconomic background challenges the U.S. education system’s goal of providing a sound education equitably to all children.’
SAANYS March 4, 2020 -
Teacher shortages are a more severe problem in high-poverty areas with lower pay, according to the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
Mining Journal March 4, 2020