A 2022 report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a research and policy organization in Washington, D.C., that looks at the impact on workers of economic trends and policies, listed delivery drivers as one of 11 occupations with workers “particularly vulnerable to illegal misclassification.”
“We’re literally talking about generations of policymaking and struggle that workers have engaged in to set some basic expectations and standards in our history, and also the contemporary expectation that most U.S. residents have about some basic, very minimal floors that we want to set for standards in our labor market,” said Jennifer Sherer, director of the State Worker Power Initiative at EPI.
Wisconsin Examiner
December 15, 2023
Inflation can have many roots. Typically, it’s caused by “a macroeconomic excess of spending over the economy’s relative ability to produce goods and services,” said Josh Bivens, the director of research at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington D.C.
That means more people are wanting items and services than there is adequate supply, leading producers to raise prices.
USA Today
December 15, 2023
A report published last year by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit think tank the Economic Policy Institute found that Colorado teachers earn 35.9% less than other college-educated workers — the worst gap in the country.
Colorado Sun
December 15, 2023
Supporters viewed the rule’s likely outcomes differently. In practice, the rule will reduce turnover, save taxpayer money and make federal procurement more efficient, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C.
SHRM
December 15, 2023
The measure to loosen child labor laws is part of a trend in certain states around the country. Florida is now the 16th state to introduce legislation rolling back child labor protections in the past two years and the 13th to do so this year, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C.
Florida Phoenix
December 15, 2023
Kyle Moore, economist with the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, agreed that the banking system is simply not set up for people with low incomes.
“Cost is the primary reason that folks are un or under-banked,” said Moore. “And that can come in the form of a reaction to fees; banks might impose a minimum balance requirement. For a lot of different reasons, access to traditional banking services is costly.”
The Root
December 15, 2023
Today, nonwhite workers are driving gains in overall union membership: last year, the nation’s unionized workforce grew by 200,000, and workers of color accounted for the entire increase, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of federal labor statistics.
Newsweek
December 15, 2023
The top 1% of Americans earn over 26 times more than the bottom 99% and hold 21% of the nation’s total income, per the Economic Policy Institute. However, there’s some evidence that inequality has narrowed in recent years due to the strong wage gains of lower-income workers.
Business Insider
December 15, 2023
The federal Wage and Hour Division, in charge of investigating things like wage theft, suffers from “severe understaffing” and currently investigates fewer than 1% of farm employers per year, according to a 2023 report from the Economic Policy Institute.
Carolina Public Press
December 15, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator, for instance, a family of five in the Columbus metro area could expect close to $94,000 a year in expenses.
News 5 Cleveland
December 15, 2023