Education majors tend to be paid less, as well. While teachers have good job security, summers off and pensions, they’re usually paid by state governments, which have lagged in keeping wages commensurate with inflation. In recent years, the “teacher pay penalty” has gotten worse, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
March 18, 2024
And the proposed tiered wage system only adds more confusion, argued the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that focuses on the needs of low- and middle-income workers, in its comments on the proposal. The department could consider simply establishing that au pairs should be paid the highest of the applicable local, state and federal minimum wages, the same rule that has been established in the Summer Work Travel program, the largest J-1 visa work program.
19th News
March 18, 2024
The federal estate tax should be an effective tool to slightly level the playing field between those who inherit wealth and those who have to work for a living. It should also ensure that family dynasties who’ve amassed enormous fortunes pay their fair share in taxes.
But because policymakers have repeatedly doubled and tripled the immense sums that can be passed on before the tax kicks in, the estate tax today affects almost no one.
CNN
March 18, 2024
Advocates, including the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy and the Economic Policy Institute worried earlier versions of the bill would put kids at risk to hazardous working environments.The legislation was one of two bills lawmakers considered that would have weakened the state’s protections for young workers.
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Nina Mast, state economic analyst for the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank aimed at including the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions, agreed that the final version of the bill was much improved than the original version, but said not all concerns were addressed.
Mast said her main concern with the bill now is that it’s unclear and up to interpretation whether minors can work in hazardous work beyond what is outlined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
“If it is not clear to advocates who have pored over multiple versions of the bill, how can we expect it to be clear to the lawmakers voting in support of it, to the employers expected to follow it, or to state agents charged with enforcing it?” Mast said.
West Virginia Watch
March 18, 2024
State and local governments can play a critical role in protecting teens from workplace injury and death amid a nationwide surge in child labor law violations, a recently published report states.
Citing data from the Department of Labor, the nonprofit think tank Economic Policy Institute and New York University’s Wagner Labor Initiative say child labor violations rose 88% between 2019 and 2023.
Safety and Health Magazine
March 18, 2024
A separate report by the Economic Policy Institute finds that Minnesota teachers make almost 30% less than comparably educated workers in other fields, a figure that’s slightly higher than the national average.
Minnesota Reformer
March 18, 2024
Education majors tend to be paid less, as well. While teachers have good job security, summers off and pensions, they’re usually paid by state governments, which have lagged in keeping wages commensurate with inflation. In recent years, the “teacher pay penalty” has gotten worse, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
March 18, 2024
And the proposed tiered wage system only adds more confusion, argued the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that focuses on the needs of low- and middle-income workers, in its comments on the proposal. The department could consider simply establishing that au pairs should be paid the highest of the applicable local, state and federal minimum wages, the same rule that has been established in the Summer Work Travel program, the largest J-1 visa work program.
19th News
March 18, 2024
The federal estate tax should be an effective tool to slightly level the playing field between those who inherit wealth and those who have to work for a living. It should also ensure that family dynasties who’ve amassed enormous fortunes pay their fair share in taxes.
But because policymakers have repeatedly doubled and tripled the immense sums that can be passed on before the tax kicks in, the estate tax today affects almost no one.
CNN
March 18, 2024
Union interest among younger workers is growing, says the Economic Policy Institute. Workers under 45 joined unions at the highest rate in 2023.
Voice of America
March 15, 2024