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Workers’ health, safety, and pay are among the …

WEBThe ratio of benefits to costs is about 7 to 1 OMB reviewed major regulations from 2000 to 2010 and estimated thatthe average annual benefit of major regulations is about seven …

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Paid sick leave access expands with widespread state …

WEBOverall, 78% of private-sector workers currently have access to paid sick days, up from 63% in 2010. Across the country, the share of the lowest-wage workers with access to …

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Setting higher wages for child care and home health …

WEBBy the numbers Child care and home health care workers, and care work as a whole, are deeply undervalued and underpaid, in part because of historical racism, sexism, and …

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Health insurance and the COVID-19 shock

WEBFigure A Outsize labor market churn this spring led to large gains and losses in implied employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) Monthly average in ESI gains, ESI losses, …

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Union workers had more job security during the …

WEBWhile the private sector lost lost 544,000 union jobs, the unionization rate ticked up to 7.2% In the private sector, 8.0 million workers were represented by a union in 2020, a decline of

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Fundamental health reform like ‘Medicare for All’ …

WEBHealth reform as labor market policy: Key effects for workers. Fundamental reforms like M4A could greatly aid labor market outcomes for U.S. workers. The most …

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TWENTY-THREE YEARS AND STILL WAITING FOR …

WEBREPORT. July 10, 2014. TWENTY-THREE YEARS AND STILL WAITING FOR CHANGE. Why It’s Time to Give Tipped Workers the Regular Minimum Wage. BY SYLVIA A. …

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Why unions are good for workers—especially in a …

WEBreverse those trends (Wilson and Rodgers 2016). It is essential that policymakers prioritize reforms that promote workers’ collective power. The political response to the economic …

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Inequities exposed: How COVID-19 widened racial …

WEBFigure A A more comprehensive look at skyrocketing unemployment rates Unemployment rates for Black, Hispanic, and white workers, by gender, February–May 2020 Note: …

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Unions are not only good for workers, they’re good for …

WEBTable 1 Share of workers represented by a union ranges from 3.2% in South Carolina to 24.7% in New York Union density of the 50 U.S. states plus D.C., in descending order …

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Paid sick days: Measuring the small cost for New York City …

WEBFurthermore, by demonstrating that potential costs asso-ciated with implementation are very small as a share of sales, this paper provides a clearer picture of how employ-

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Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country

WEBFigure A Child labor violations are on the rise Minors employed in violation of child labor laws and hazardous occupation orders, fiscal years 2015–2022 Notes: Minors are …

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A well-educated workforce is key to state prosperity

WEBIn the three states where more than 40 percent of the population has a bachelor’s or more education, median wages are $19 to $20 an hour, nearly a third higher. For a full-time, …

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All states must set higher wage benchmarks for home health …

WEBAt the national level, the average hourly wage for these workers is about $13.50. The places where home health care workers are currently paid the highest hourly wages are …

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Restaurant Workers

WEBFIGURE A VIEW INTERACTIVE on epi.org Restaurant industry share of employment, 1990–2014 Note: Shaded areas denote recessions. Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of …

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WEBThe Institute stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards of working people, and it makes its findings accessible to the general public, the media, and policy …

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The economic costs of worker misclassification

WEBA 2022 EPI analysis of 11 commonly misclassified jobs estimates the cost of independent contractor status to these workers. For example, a typical construction worker, as an …

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WEBrespond to across-the-board increases in cost sharing by cutting back on all medical care—some of which is extraordinarily cost-effective in the long run—they may actually …

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EPI BRIEFING PAPER

WEBEconomic Policy institutE • 1333 H strEEt, nW • suitE 300, East toWEr • WasHington, Dc 20005 • 202.775.8810 • WWW.EPi.org EPI BRIEFING PAPER

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