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Why Your Neighborhood Mom-and-Pop Shops Pay the Price for Minimum Wage Increases

NEW DATA: California Among Top 5 States for Teen Unemployment

June 13, 2025

Tipping and Tip Credits

STATEMENT: MI’s Referendum on the Tip Credit Won’t Help Workers

June 12, 2025

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Minimum Wage

Why Your Neighborhood Mom-and-Pop Shops Pay the Price for Minimum Wage Increases

NEW DATA: California Among Top 5 States for Teen Unemployment

Hawley’s $15 Wage Proposal Could Cost the U.S. Over 800,000 Jobs

Tipping and Tip Credits

STATEMENT: MI’s Referendum on the Tip Credit Won’t Help Workers

EPI Spotlights Best Data on DC’s Tip Credit Elimination Impacts During Hearing on Repeal

Economist to Discuss Impacts of I-82 Ahead of Hearing, Vote

Mandated Benefits and Flexibility

Paid sick leave may leave Michigan ill

New Evidence Suggests “Fair Workweek” Laws Aren’t Helping Workers

New Study: “Fair Work Week” Laws Force Employees To Go Part-Time

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The Minimum Wage: A Primer

Tipping and Tip Credits

The Case for the Tip Credit

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A Survey of US Economists on a $15 Federal Minimum Wage

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