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Maryland’s Proposed Healthcare Mandate Will Result in Job Loss for Low-skilled and Fail to Reach Many In Need of Coverage: NULL
March 2006
Washington, DC – In a special hearing being held today, Maryland lawmakers will consider a proposal to mandate employer-provided healthcare that, if approved, will put many of the state’s least-skilled out of work and still fail to reach a large portion of the uninsured. The proposal broadens January’s large-employer healthcare mandate to cover the remaining businesses in the state, an action that would threaten the welfare of… -
Maryland’s Proposed Healthcare Mandate Will Result in Job Loss for Low-skilled and Fail to Reach Many In Need of Coverage: Array
March 2006
Washington, DC – In a special hearing being held today, Maryland lawmakers will consider a proposal to mandate employer-provided healthcare that, if approved, will put many of the state’s least-skilled out of work and still fail to reach a large portion of the uninsured. The proposal broadens January’s large-employer healthcare mandate to cover the remaining businesses in the state, an action that would threaten the welfare of… -
Raising Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Will Result in Job Loss for Low-Skilled: Earned Income Tax Credit a better way to help those in need
March 2006
Washington DC –While the intent of raising the minimum wage in Pennsylvania is to assist low-skilled employees, a mandated hike will result in job loss for the very people it is meant to help, according to the Employment Policies Institute. “Wage hike proponents may be acting with the best of intentions, however, it is impossible to escape the drastic negative economic consequences of job loss for the… -
Raising Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Will Result in Job Loss for Low-Skilled: Earned Income Tax Credit a better way to help those in need
March 2006
Washington DC –While the intent of raising the minimum wage in Pennsylvania is to assist low-skilled employees, a mandated hike will result in job loss for the very people it is meant to help, according to the Employment Policies Institute. “Wage hike proponents may be acting with the best of intentions, however, it is impossible to escape the drastic negative economic consequences of job loss for the… -
Raising New Mexico’s minimum wage will result in devastating job loss for low-skilled employees;: Research reveals Santa Fe’s living wage ordinance as cautionary tale against minimum wage hikes
February 2006
Washingon, D.C.–As New Mexico legislators debate a hike in the state’s minimum wage, the Employment Policies Institute advises lawmakers to learn from the devastating consequences of Santa Fe’s living wage ordinance which included job loss, involuntary part-time employment, and perhaps most surprisingly, no significant increase in income for those earning at the lowest 10th, 25th or 50th percentile. EPI-sponsored research from economist Aaron Yelowitz of the University… -
Raising New Mexico’s minimum wage will result in devastating job loss for low-skilled employees;: Research reveals Santa Fe’s living wage ordinance as cautionary tale against minimum wage hikes
February 2006
Washingon, D.C.–As New Mexico legislators debate a hike in the state’s minimum wage, the Employment Policies Institute advises lawmakers to learn from the devastating consequences of Santa Fe’s living wage ordinance which included job loss, involuntary part-time employment, and perhaps most surprisingly, no significant increase in income for those earning at the lowest 10th, 25th or 50th percentile. EPI-sponsored research from economist Aaron Yelowitz of the University…