At issue are forced arbitration clauses that require employees (and consumers) to waive their rights to class-action lawsuits. Such contracts are becoming increasingly ubiquitous: According to a new report from the Center for Popular Democracy, Economic Policy Institute, and National Employment Law Project, forced arbitration will apply to more than 80 percent of the non-union private-sector workforce by 2024.
CityLab
May 22, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), women were paid 22 percent less than men in 2017 — and that’s even after controlling for race and ethnicity, education, age, and location.
InStyle
May 16, 2019
The decline in union density accounts for one-third of the rise in income inequality among men and one-fifth among women, Economic Policy Institute researchers found.
Common Dreams
May 16, 2019
The news that 60 of the world’s largest corporations had paid zero in federal income taxes last year (some even got rebates) sent America’s challenged outrage meter up another notch.
MarketWatch
May 16, 2019
“Wages are rising,” Harsanyi states, but according to the Economic Policy Institute: “From 2000 to 2018, wage growth was strongest for the highest wage workers, continuing the trend in rising wage inequality over the last four decades.”
The Star Democrat
May 16, 2019
The funny thing about the work-sponsored 401(k), is it was never intended to replace pension plans. But, over time it did, according to nonprofit, nonpartisan think-tank the Economic Policy Institute [8]. That’s not the only difference now compared to when my grandparents’ generation ruled the workforce.
Debt.com
May 16, 2019
The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute calls the PRO Act “an important effort to bring U.S. labor law into the 21st century — giving working people more power at a time when it is desperately needed.”
McKnight’s Senior Living
May 16, 2019
Despite growing levels of educational attainment, there is still significant dispersion between the groups of people who do and do not have college degrees, new research from the Economic Policy Institute finds.
- The survey of 21-to-24-year-olds includes many who are still of college age, but researchers note that the vast majority of people who do not finish college during this time do not wind up completing a 4-year college degree.
Axios
May 16, 2019
According to a new report released by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, while newly minted graduates are entering one of the best job markets in recent times, wages aren’t being spread equally.
Fox Business
May 16, 2019
When the $8 trillion housing bubble burst in 2008, it spurred the loss of 8.4 million U.S. jobs that equaled about 6.1 percent of all payroll employment, according to the Economic Policy Institute. As the stock market tanked, millions of homeowners experienced foreclosure, and home prices sank 33 percent nationwide by 2011.
Think Realty
May 16, 2019