Five years earlier Puzder had sanctimoniously fired his housekeeper when he found out she was undocumented, yet he didn’t pay her state and federal employment taxes until after his nomination. “Andrew Puzder fails every test for a labor secretary,” the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute concluded.
New Republic
November 12, 2024
said Celine McNicholas, the director of policy and government affairs at the progressive Economic Policy Institute. “That’s probably the most likely …[paywall].
Law360
November 12, 2024
Ballot Measure No. 1 would also mandate that employers offer paid sick leave, with smaller employers required to provide at least 40 hours and larger employers made to offer at least 56 hours. The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, estimates that the hike would directly affect 16,000 workers in Alaska, and, in total, directly and indirectly affect 30,800 workers across the state.
Business Insider
November 12, 2024
Immigration has had a profound impact on the economy. About 50% of the labor market’s recent growth came from foreign-born workers between January 2023 and January 2024, according to The Economic Policy Institute analysis of federal data.
NewsNation
November 12, 2024
In particular, the short-term holiday rental platform Airbnb has become a lightning rod for local anger at skyrocketing rental prices. A recent study from the Economic Policy Institute, a U.S.-based think tank, found that Airbnb’s “introduction and expansion in New York City … may have raised average rents by nearly $400 annually for city residents.” And in Barcelona, rental prices have risen by a staggering 68 percent in less than a decade.
Yahoo News
November 12, 2024
Similarly, when temporary pandemic-relief measures ran out, the Trump administration opposed the extension of both enhanced unemployment benefits and federal aid to state and local governments, according to a September 2020 overview from the Economic Policy Institute.
New York Magazine
November 12, 2024
Repealing the ACA without a replacement would leave most enrollees without health insurance. Those people would visit health care providers less often, possibly costing the industry 1.2 million jobs, the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute calculated.
Houston Chronicle
November 12, 2024
According to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute’s minimum wage tracker, 20 states have a minimum wage of $7.25. Most states have set their minimum wage to at least $10.50.
Money Magazine
November 12, 2024
“Generally speaking, voters still want policies that improve job quality and strengthen protections for workers,” said David Cooper, director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C. “That is what we’ve seen virtually anytime a ballot measure on the minimum wage is put forward”
Pluribus News
November 12, 2024