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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… -
Speaker Oliver Misuses Minimum Wage Study: New Jersey Minimum Wage Increase Would Lead to Lost Jobs, No Economic Boost
January 2012 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) denounced New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver’s (D-Essex) careless misuse of research in support of her proposal to raise the state minimum wage. The speaker proposes to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $8.50 an hour and index it for inflation, arguing that it would be “economic stimulus” for the state. In support of that argument, she cites a Federal Reserve… -
Speaker Oliver Misuses Minimum Wage Study: New Jersey Minimum Wage Increase Would Lead to Lost Jobs, No Economic Boost
January 2012 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) denounced New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver’s (D-Essex) careless misuse of research in support of her proposal to raise the state minimum wage. The speaker proposes to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $8.50 an hour and index it for inflation, arguing that it would be “economic stimulus” for the state. In support of that argument, she cites a Federal Reserve… -
New Bill To Raise California’s Minimum Wage Would Result in Over 6,000 Fewer Full-Time Tipped Jobs: Legislators Urged to Consider Unintended Consequences of Wage Hikes
January 2012 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) urged legislators to consider the unintended consequences of a proposal to increase California’s minimum wage and index it to inflation. Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) has reintroduced legislation that would increase California’s minimum wage from $8.00 an hour to $8.50 an hour in January 2013 and index the wage to inflation thereafter. The bill – formerly AB 10 but being revived as… -
New Bill To Raise California’s Minimum Wage Would Result in Over 6,000 Fewer Full-Time Tipped Jobs: Legislators Urged to Consider Unintended Consequences of Wage Hikes
January 2012 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) urged legislators to consider the unintended consequences of a proposal to increase California’s minimum wage and index it to inflation. Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) has reintroduced legislation that would increase California’s minimum wage from $8.00 an hour to $8.50 an hour in January 2013 and index the wage to inflation thereafter. The bill – formerly AB 10 but being revived as… -
Flawed “Dining Guide” Recommendations from ROC-United Would Hurt Restaurant Employees: New Research Finds ROC’s Proposed Wage Hike Would Result in 12 Million Lost Work Hours
December 2011 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) responded to Restaurant Opportunities Centers United’s (ROC) new dining guide. Though ROC claims to help restaurant employees, new research from economists at Miami and Trinity Universities demonstrates that their policy proposal on tipped income will actually hurt those they intend to help. ROC assigns poor scores to any establishment paying less than $5 an hour to tipped employees as a supplement…