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New Analysis: $12 Minimum Wage Would Cost Maine At Least 3,800 Jobs: Women, Teens Would Bear Larger Share of Job Loss
March 2016 · ·
Washington D.C. — Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new analysis conducted by Drs. David Macpherson of Trinity University and William Even of Miami University examining the impact of Maine’s proposed minimum wage increase to $12 by 2020. Recently, labor union-backed minimum wage proponents qualified a question on November’s state ballot about whether to raise the state minimum wage by 60 percent to $12. Following the Congressional… -
Full Page Ad Showcases Real-World Consequences of Minimum Wage Hikes: Ad points to unhappy New Year for employees whose opportunities or benefits are reduced because of wage hikes
December 2015 · ·
Washington D.C. — The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) is placing a full-page ad in tomorrow’s New York Postshowcasing the real-world consequences of minimum wage increases. Fourteen states will raise their minimum wages on either December 31st or January 1st, with other increases phasing in at the state and city level in the coming months. The ad features excerpts from recent news articles detailing the current or future… -
Supervisors’ Emails Give Backroom Look at Interest Group Influence Over San Francisco Legislative Process: New report reveals labor union and activist group role in last year’s municipal scheduling legislation
November 2015 · ·
Washington D.C. — Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new report giving a behind-the-scenes look at how last year’s San Francisco scheduling legislation known as the “Retail Workers Bill of Rights” was passed. This first-of-its-kind legislation requires chain employers to compensate employees for scheduling changes made up to six days in advance, compensate “on call” employees who aren’t called in, and offer more work to part-timers before hiring additional… -
New Research Finds 770,000 Jobs Lost at Hillary Clinton’s Proposed $12 Minimum Wage: Economists find average household income of those affected by a $12 mandate is $55,800
November 2015 · ·
Washington D.C. – In advance of this weekend’s Democratic debate, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) releasednew research by economists William Even of Miami University and David Macpherson of Trinity University regarding the effects of a $12 federal minimum wage. Applying the same methodology that the Congressional Budget Office used last year to find that a $10.10 minimum wage would cost 500,000 jobs, the economists conclude that a $12… -
New Survey Finds 72 Percent of U.S. Economists Oppose a $15 Federal Minimum Wage: Five out of six economists say it will cause youth job loss. Two-thirds say it will hurt small businesses
November 2015 · ·
Washington D.C. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new survey conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center asking economists about their reaction to a $15 minimum wage. It finds that 72 percent of U.S.-based economists oppose a $15 federal minimum wage. EPI is placing a full page ad in the New York Post tomorrow highlighting the survey’s results. The findings coincide with yet another round of union-backed “Fight… -
Study Finds $10.10 Minimum Wage Would Cost Pennsylvania 30,000 Jobs: Wage hike would have a disproportionate impact on women, minimal impact on poverty
November 2015 · ·
Washington D.C. — In advance of an anticipated Senate vote on a $10.10 minimum wage, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) is highlighting a study by Drs. David Macpherson of Trinity University and William Even of Miami University finding that 30,000 jobs would be lost in Pennsylvania if the state increases its minimum wage to $10.10. State Sen. Christine Tartaglione is trying to force the Senate to vote on her legislation…