The traditional set-up of manager-employee relations often assumes that a worker-manager relationship is inherently antagonistic. But negotiating a bargaining agreement does not have to be confrontational and can earn wins that work for both sides and make the workplace better.
“There will be some growing pains as things get established, but if you really embrace the mechanisms for transparency and communication and openness, it actually ends up being a real productivity and efficiency enhancer and really pays off over the long haul for the organization,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of EPI.
Prism Reports
January 12, 2024
Wage compression can happen when federal or state minimum wages increase. And 30 states and Washington, D.C., have increased their minimum wage since 2014, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Hill
January 12, 2024
Uber, Lyft and DoorDash aren’t sweating it. All said Tuesday they won’t change their operations based on the new standard.
“It only will come into play if a worker is claiming a violation,” said Sam Sanders with the Economic Policy Institute. She said we can probably aIso expect lawsuits from those big tech companies.
But it’s not just the so-called gig economy that’s subject to these rules.
“It’s, you know, construction workers, nail salon workers, janitors, lots of other people who are vulnerable to being misclassified,” Sanders said.
And who now stand a better chance of getting the pay and protections other workers get.
Marketplace
January 12, 2024
Alaska was one of several states where such bills were introduced last year, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Anchorage Daily News
January 12, 2024
According to the NELP analysis, more than 21 million Americans work in industries plagued by misclassification: construction, trucking, delivery, home care, personal care, agricultural, and janitorial and building service occupations. When misclassified, these workers lose as much as $18,000 per year in income and job benefits, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute.
Quartz
January 12, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute reports that nationwide the number of employed school bus drivers has dropped below pre-pandemic levels, with roughly 15 percent fewer driving in K to 12 schools in September 2023 than in September 2019.
Fast Company
January 12, 2024
K-12 Dive
January 12, 2024
A past study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows that the misclassification of an employee to an independent contractor could have serious implications to earnings, benefits, and labor protections, including those offered by the National Labor Relations Act.
401K Specialist
January 12, 2024
These figures, while significant, are only the tip of the iceberg. In 2014, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimated that wage theft costs workers more than $50 billion per year, most of which was unreported.
Popular Information
January 12, 2024
Economic Policy Institute (EPI) president Heidi Shierholz highlighted that the rule rescinds a Trump-era policy and, like Su, stressed how “employer misclassification of workers as independent contractors robs workers of labor rights and threatens their economic security.”
Common Dreams
January 12, 2024