But Elise Gould of the Economic Policy Institute isn’t worried. “When we look at continuing claims as a share of the labor force, it’s basically the same as it was pre-COVID,” she said.
Sure, it’s not as low as it has been in the past three years, with a hot labor market, she said.
“I would say that it’s been pretty stable over the last couple of years. You know, maybe a little bit of an uptick. But again, layoffs remain low. Things are still pretty strong,” she said.
Marketplace
January 27, 2025
“I think the trends in employment for the over-55 population can be explained by the aging baby boomers,” said Elise Gould, director of health policy research at the Economic Policy Institute. “Simply put, the 55-plus population is getting older and employment rates decline with age.”
S&P Global
January 27, 2025
About 30 states and dozens of cities have increased the effective minimum wage, according to the Economic Policy Institute. But federally, the minimum wage isn’t likely to rise over the next four years.
WORT-FM
January 27, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Indiana ranks 18th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia for most expensive infant care at $12,612 per year or $1,051 per month. Childcare for a 4-year-old costs $9,557 per year or $796 per month.
Indianapolis Star
January 27, 2025
Theoretically, as leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency, Musk could push for budget cuts and regulatory changes that benefit his companies.
“You’re seeing it in the executive orders that roll out. You’re seeing it in the reshaping of the federal government,” said Celine McNicholas, director of policy and general counsel for the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. “It is not the way government is supposed to work.”
The concern, McNicholas said, is that Musk and other billionaire insiders might push Trump to adopt policies that help themselves and their companies, rather than the nation as a whole.
The USA Today
January 27, 2025
There are an estimated 600,000 immigrant workers in the US on H-1B visas, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, DC-based think tank.
Al Jazeera
January 27, 2025
It’s also left to be seen if Trump will quickly oust NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, who the Economic Policy Institute has said is “arguably one of the most effective forces for workers in the Biden administration.”
McKnight’s Senior Living
January 27, 2025
“What happened here was an unwillingness of HHS to muscle back [at] Maximus,” said Celine McNicholas, director of policy and government affairs at the Economic Policy Institute. “It’s a bad precedent and, frankly, a betrayal of that workforce not to have fought the fight — instead to be held hostage by this firm to the tune of $6 billion in taxpayer funding. It’s a failure over years.”
Capital & Main
January 27, 2025
According to a 2021 report from the Economic Policy Institute, the IT staffing firm HCL has systematically underpaid their H-1B workers — relative to what was required by law — effectively stealing $95 million in wages from them.
VOX
January 27, 2025
The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute estimates the hikes will benefit 9.2 million workers and increase total pay by $5.7 billion.
The Washington Times
January 27, 2025