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Harkin Minimum Wage Proposal Would Eliminate at least 467,000 Jobs, Not Create Them: Award Winning Research Shows Proposal Would Do Little to Help Those in Need
March 2012 · ·
WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) responded to Senator Tom Harkin’s proposal for a 35 percent hike in the federal minimum wage as part of his Rebuild America Act. Award-winning research from economists at Cornell University and American University confirms that such a policy would destroy jobs, not create them, and do little to reduce poverty. “Using a minimum wage increase to boost the economy… -
Raising Server Wage Would Kill Opportunities for Waiters and Waitresses in New Jersey: Research Finds More Than 17,000 Full-Time Equivalent Jobs Would Be Lost With State Proposal
March 2012 · ·
WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) announced a study by economists William E. Even of Miami University and David A. Macpherson of Trinity University that examines the consequences for waiters, waitresses, and other tipped employees in New Jersey of reducing the “tip credit.” The tip credit is a labor law provision that allows employers of tipped employees to pay a cash wage of $2.13 an… -
Raising Server Wage Would Kill Opportunities for Waiters and Waitresses in New Jersey: Research Finds More Than 17,000 Full-Time Equivalent Jobs Would Be Lost With State Proposal
March 2012 · ·
WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) announced a study by economists William E. Even of Miami University and David A. Macpherson of Trinity University that examines the consequences for waiters, waitresses, and other tipped employees in New Jersey of reducing the “tip credit.” The tip credit is a labor law provision that allows employers of tipped employees to pay a cash wage of $2.13 an… -
New Analysis: Average Family Income of Connecticut Wage Hike Beneficiary Above $80,000 Per Year: Research Suggests Proposed Minimum Wage Increase Will Not Reduce State Poverty Rates
March 2012 · ·
WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. According to EPI’s analysis of… -
New Analysis: Average Family Income of Connecticut Wage Hike Beneficiary Above $80,000 Per Year: Research Suggests Proposed Minimum Wage Increase Will Not Reduce State Poverty Rates
March 2012 · ·
WASHINGTON – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis assessing the impact on poverty in Connecticut of Speaker Christopher Donovan’s proposed minimum wage increase (HB 5291). The bill would raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 per hour this year and then to $9.75 per hour next year, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in subsequent years. According to EPI’s analysis of… -
New Study: Past New York Wage Hike Caused Substantial Job Loss: Over 20 Percent Reduction in Employment for 16-to-29 Year-Olds Without a Diploma
January 2012 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) announced a new study forthcoming in the April issue of Industrial and Labor Relations Review, which finds that the last state-legislated New York minimum wage increase had a substantial negative impact on the employment of 16-to-29 year-olds without a high school diploma. Specifically, employment for this group fell by 20.2 to 21.8 percent due to an increase in the state minimum…