Research from the Economic Policy Institute shows that cutting Medicaid to fund tax breaks would have a disproportionately negative impact on low- and middle-income individuals. Unlike the wealthy, who tend to save tax windfalls, Medicaid recipients immediately spend money on necessary goods and services, stimulating local economies.
The Fayetteville Observer
April 1, 2025
There has been a long-running fight over whether ride-share and food-delivery workers should be classified as employees. The companies and some drivers have relied upon the independent contractor model, saying it is more flexible.
But that business model deprives the workforce of the protections that employees get, said David Cooper, director of state policy and research at the progressive Economic Policy Institute. He has raised concerns that tax-free tips could reduce pressure to raise wages and lead to an expansion of tipping.
Workers, he said, are “just sort of being doubly screwed by this proposal.”
The Wall Street Journal
April 1, 2025
If the state’s child labor laws are changed, the risk is that young workers will have fewer protections and will have a harder time saying no to employers, said Nina Mast, an analyst with the Economic Policy Institute. “The teens who will be most harmed by this bill are low-income young people or those without documented status who are compelled by their situation to work,” Mast said.
Miami Herald
April 1, 2025
Multiple agencies, even those unaffected by the order, such as the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), American Postal Workers Union (APWU), Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and American Federation of Musicians (AFM), have condemned the dissolution of collective bargaining for federal workers.
HR Digest
April 1, 2025
Proceedings in the lawsuit, brought by plaintiffs including the AFL-CIO and member unions as well as the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, will play out over the coming weeks in one of many challenges to DOGE’s access to federal government databases.
HR Dive
April 1, 2025
According to SmartAsset, if you want to make it into the top 1% nationwide, you’ll need to earn $787,712 a year. Want to know what that breaks down to? A monthly income of $65,643. And if you’re going by the Economic Policy Institute’s numbers, you’d need even more—$819,324 a year, or $68,277 a month.
Benzinga (via Yahoo! Finance)
April 1, 2025
In Nebraska, infant care costs more than the average rent, a report by the Economic Policy Institute says.
Child care is one of the biggest expenses families face – it’s also more costly than in-state tuition for a public college in 38 states, including Nebraska, according to the report, which uses state-level data from the Department of Labor and Child Care Aware of America to examine the cost of child care across the country.
“Child care is unaffordable for working families everywhere in the country, and it’s even more unattainable for minimum wage workers and the very workers that administer child care,” Katherine deCourcy, a research assistant for the Economic Policy Institute, said in a news release.
Des Moines Register
April 1, 2025
Although we think of most minimum wage workers as young and without family responsibilities, according to the Economic Policy Institute, “tipped workers are also more likely to be single parents — especially women workers.”
Boulder Daily Camera
April 1, 2025
The lowest-paid workers in the economy saw the fastest wage growth by far over the last five years according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.
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Gould said when things reopened and employers started hiring again, “Workers had a moment to pause. We had, one time in history, better unemployment insurance programs and they could be a little bit choosier.” That meant employers had to pay more.
Marketplace
April 1, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, in September 2024, there were 200,000 bus drivers nationwide. That’s down about 12% compared to September 2019. The report from the organization shows the key issue that drives the shortage is because of low pay.
ABC 15 (Arizona)
April 1, 2025