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Threatening migrants and shortchanging workers: Immigration is the government’s top federal law enforcement priority, while labor standards enforcement agencies are starved for funding and too understaffed to adequately protect workers
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Proposed New York state minimum wage legislation would boost wages for nearly 2.9 million workers: Minimum wages would range by region from $20 to $21.25 per hour by 2026
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed rulemaking on employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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What’s at stake for state and local governments in the year-end government funding negotiations
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The Fed and a smooth macroeconomic transition to a cleaner U.S. economy
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Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment sets new bar for state worker power policy: Other state legislatures should seize the moment to advance worker, racial, and gender justice in 2023
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EPI comments on NLRB’s proposed rulemaking on the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status
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The pandemic has exacerbated a long-standing national shortage of teachers
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Domestic Workers Chartbook 2022: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes
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Voters turned out for economic justice: A review of key ballot measures from the 2022 midterm elections
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References
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Chapter 1. Older workers
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Chapter 2. Retirement
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Chapter 3. Risk
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EPI comment on proposal to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement an Executive Order pertaining to project labor agreements in Federal construction projects
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Not So Free to Contract: The Law, Philosophy, and Economics of Unequal Workplace Power
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Signs of life in stalled public-sector employment?
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CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978: CEOs were paid 399 times as much as a typical worker in 2021
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EPI comment regarding OSTP Request for Information on equitable data engagement and accountability
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Overtime pay will help, not hurt, New York’s farms
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Child Tax Credit expansions were instrumental in reducing poverty rates to historic lows in 2021
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Inflation, minimum wages, and profits: Protecting low-wage workers from inflation means raising the minimum wage
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Poverty is a policy choice: State-level data show pandemic safety net programs prevented a rise in poverty in every state
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Household incomes have fallen since 2019 despite growth in workers’ earnings
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Census data show health insurance coverage gains for Black workers and children in 2021, but we can go further with better policy
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2021 Census Data Preview: A growing economy and government relief measures matter for earnings, incomes, and poverty
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Union approval hits highest point since 1965: Here’s why this isn’t surprising
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President Biden’s first 18 months: Assessing the Biden administration’s record for workers
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Abortion bans prove yet again there is no race-neutral policy
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As the H-2B visa program grows, the need for reforms that protect workers is greater than ever: Employers stole $1.8 billion from workers in the industries that employed most H-2B workers over the past two decades