If approved by Gov. Hochul, the noncompete agreement bill could have expansive effects: About 44% of employers statewide subject some workers to noncompete agreements, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit.
NY Daily News
June 23, 2023
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NPR Marketplace
June 23, 2023
And then there’s the issue of affordable child care. As any parent knows, child care can quickly become a family’s top expense — $1,412 a month on average for caring for an infant in California, according to the Economic Policy Institute. As a result, one parent, often a mother, is forced to choose between going to work or staying home to fulfill the family’s child care obligations.
The Hill
June 23, 2023
And then the other challenge, and this is a chart that is near and dear to the president’s heart. OK, near and dear is a weird way to describe a chart, also a grumpy chart, but I will say that one of the things, and this is I’ve known the, I’ve worked with the president a little bit before this campaign and over the years and this chart, which I think of as the Economic Policy Institute special, so Larry Mishel, if you’re watching, I did say that, but this chart shows the gap between productivity and wages over time
Berkeley News
June 23, 2023
Landing in the top 10% is a fairly attainable goal for upwardly mobile Americans. A study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found that the average earnings of those in the top 10% were roughly $173,000 in 2020.
MoneyWise
June 23, 2023
Bloomberg Law
June 23, 2023
Although the Economic Policy Institute notes that 65.1% of current laborers do not have a college degree, nearly all of the top-paying jobs require advanced education.
Forbes
June 23, 2023
State preemption (state interference) is something that I am very passionate about. The Economic Policy Institute released a report on Sept. 30, 2020, titled, “Preempting Progress: State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South.” The key findings of the report were that “preemption laws in the South are deeply intertwined with a long history of events that have reinforced anti-Black racism and white supremacy and are passed by majority-white legislatures.
The Tennessean
June 23, 2023
Barber’s Forward Together Moral Movement gained national acclaim through its weekly Moral Monday protests that attracted thousands to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2013, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CNN
June 23, 2023
Still, the government can’t contend with a shortage of teachers, an issue that was accelerated by the pandemic and is most severe in poverty-stricken areas that need it the most. The only way to solve this, according to a December 2022 Economic Policy Institute report is to increase pay for teachers and provide more support in classrooms.
Business Insider
June 23, 2023