“There’s still millions of people out there who should have some kind of overtime pay protections who don’t, and this will hopefully go a long way toward making up some of that gap,” said Samantha Sanders, director of government affairs and advocacy at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “But I’m sure [officials] are assuming there will be a fight over it.”
MarketWatch
May 3, 2024
EVs are expected to make up 50% of auto sales by 2030, potentially creating over 150,000 new jobs related to the production and maintenance of electric cars, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Manufacturing News
May 3, 2024
“Our research finds that more than one out of every four private-sector workers, including low-wage workers, are required to enter noncompete agreements as a condition of employment,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute.
Washington Examiner
May 3, 2024
And a lot of people maybe think of these as something at the C-suite or executive level.
However, a 2019 study by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that about 30 percent of the workers that were covered under these agreements actually made $13 or less per hour.
PBS Newshour
May 3, 2024
…Families Party wrote in support of the legislation, citing an Economic Policy Institutestudy that found employers held “captive audience”…[paywall].
Boston Globe
May 3, 2024
Boston Globe
April 29, 2024
The DOL will automatically update the threshold every three years using current wage data. The next adjustment would occur on July 1, 2027. The new rule would impact 4.3 million U.S. workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute, or 3% of workers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Retail Dive
April 29, 2024
A recent study published by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, finds that the U.S. economy does better when a Democrat is in the White House than when a Republican is in charge (bit.ly/EPIstudy2024).
The study looked at gross domestic product growth, job growth, inflation-adjusted wage growth, the unemployment rate and more. It found that the Democrats have had an economic advantage since at least 1949.
The study also found that economic gains are “distributed substantially more equally” when a Democrat is in the White House.
Lancaster Online
April 29, 2024
But without the rule, tipped-wage earners—especially women and people of color—will lose out on an important safety net, The Economic Policy Institute, National Women’s Law Center and Restaurant Opportunities Center United, said in an amicus brief to the Fifth Circuit defending the policy.
Bloomberg Law
April 29, 2024