The Economic Policy Institute found that realized equity compensation made up more than 81 percent of total average realized CEO pay at big corporations in 2022.
Inequality.org
June 17, 2024
Some minimum-wage workers saw increases, too, but not enough to impact inflation rates. A study from the Economic Policy Institute found that minimum wage increases, even if instituted in every state, would have a negligible impact on inflation — meaning the share of workers in this category is too small to drive up prices.
KTVQ
June 17, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute found the average yearly cost of infant child care is more than $15,000, which then drops to almost $13,000 for a 4-year-old.
Public News Service
June 17, 2024
Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research with the Economic Policy Institute, says both Democrats and Republicans, representing employer interests ranging from seafood to hospitality, have perpetuated the silencing of some H-2B worker protections. He said the nature of last-minute continuing resolutions on federal budgets means rules get frozen in place.
“If President Biden listened to immigration worker advocates on H-2B, what will he do? ‘Am I going to shut down the entire government over the H-2B riders?’” Costa said. “That’s why [the budget riders] are so [politically] smart.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune
June 17, 2024
A 2017 report from the Economic Policy Institute found that Florida has the highest minimum wage violation rate in the country, with data suggesting that one in four low-wage workers had been paid less than minimum wage. Alexis Tsoukalas, a policy analyst with the Florida Policy Institute — an EPI affiliate — told Orlando Weekly that her nonprofit is concerned the problem could get worse as Florida’s minimum wage rises.
Orlando Weekly
June 17, 2024
In a Tuesday webinar on “Organizing, Collective Action, and the National Labor Relations Board” hosted by the Economic Policy Institute, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo shared her perspective on the current state of American labor law.
Alabama Political Reporter
June 17, 2024
But if the solution is expanding legal pathways to working in the U.S., how would that work? Daniel Costa, who studies immigration policy at the Economic Policy Institute, has one proposal.
DANIEL COSTA: EPI has proposed for years having a commission on immigration in the labor market that studies the health of the economy and makes recommendations about where the level should be. I think it’s a really common-sense idea that would take into account that pull factor that we’re talking about.
MA: Yeah. And, in fact, there’s already something we have like this for trade. The U.S. International Trade Commission is this bipartisan body that helps shape trade policy based on economic conditions.
WONG: But Daniel also adds a note of caution. If expanding legal pathways means expanding temporary work visas, that program has its own problems for the workers who are granted those visas.
COSTA: They come with visas that are essentially owned and controlled by employers who control their immigration status. And so, in practice, they don’t have a lot of rights.
NPR Planet Money
June 17, 2024
Studies show that gender price discrimination can cost women in practical, physical, and financial ways. Data from the Economic Policy Institute show that women still make about twenty percent less on the dollar than men.
Kiplinger
June 17, 2024
Twenty-two states increased their minimum wage this year, which is especially pertinent to an industry that employs high numbers of minimum- and low-wage workers, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis.
Stacker
June 17, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute’s Wage Tracker, 92 percent of Dollar General workers earn less than $15/hour.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
June 17, 2024