Meanwhile, the share of workers who are unemployed remains near historic lows, reverting back to a trend we saw in the 18 months leading up to the pandemic. And behind that is potentially the most profound long-term economic change, said Heidi Shierholz, former chief economist at the U.S. Labor Department and now president of the Economic Policy Institute.
“We’ve had unemployment at less than 4% for almost two years now,” she said. “The lessons will be lasting: We can actually sustain really low unemployment rates without causing big issues in the economy.”
Marketplace
January 5, 2024
Jennifer Sherer, Director of the Economic Policy Institute’s State Worker Power Initiative, said the poll results reflect the response most Americans feel about “alarming increases in employers violating child labor laws.”
“Voters want lawmakers to uphold strong standards ensuring teens can gain important work experience while staying safe, healthy, and completing high school,” she said in a statement.
Florida Politics
January 5, 2024
Wage theft — whether it comes in the form of unpaid tip money, unpaid overtime or pay that falls below minimum wage — is a rampant problem. It costs American workers as much as $50 billion a year, according to an Economic Policy Institute report — an amount that surpasses all robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts combined.
Orange County Register
January 5, 2024
David Cooper and Rachel Greszler talked about the pros and cons of raising the minimum wage.
C-SPAN Washington Journal
January 5, 2024
Teacher salaries are a hot-button issue, with the field experiencing well-documented wage gaps. According to an Economic Policy Institute report, teachers made 26.4% less than other similarly educated professions in 2022 — the lowest level since 1960.
Stacker
January 5, 2024
An Economic Policy Institute report found that, in 2014, 27.1 percent of Black workers in the restaurant industry lived in poverty, compared to 13.9 percent of white restaurant workers.
Popular Information
January 5, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, 48 localities in the U.S. have adopted minimum wages above what their state law requires. But Philadelphia is bound by the state minimum wage.
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 5, 2024
Data from the Economic Policy Institute shows women make up nearly 60 percent of the workers who will get bigger paychecks this year.
Cox Media Group
January 5, 2024
Hawaiʻi is one of 22 states that raised the minimum wage at the start of the new year, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Hawaiʻi saw the largest pay increase of any state, from $12 to $14. It’s part of a multi-year schedule adopted to bring wages up in light of the high cost of living. The state minimum wage will increase to $16 in 2026 and $18 in 2028.
Hawaii Public Radio
January 5, 2024
States are free to set their own minimum wage standards; New York is one of 22 states seeing increases this year according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Daily Star
January 5, 2024