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Seattle and the (Methodology of the) Economics of Minimum Wage

Jun 26, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

Thanks to the many readers who have responded to my post (just now) on the University of Washington minimum wage study. The original post is now updated to include a link to the EPI paper that responds to the UW study and makes a series of important methodological criticisms of that study. Noam Scheiber also […]

Seattle and the Economics of Minimum Wage

Jun 26, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

As FiveThirtyEight reports today, in a story titled Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike May Have Gone Too Far, a team of researchers at the University of Washington is out with a new economic analysis of the Seattle Minimum Wage Ordinance. Here’s the abstract, summarizing the main conclusions: This paper evaluates the wage, employment, and hours effects of the […]

The Current State of Overtime

Mar 10, 2017 Shayna Medley

The New Rule In May 2016, the Department of Labor, under the direction of President Obama, issued a final rule updating the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Department raised the minimum annual salary for employees exempt from overtime pay from $23,660 to $47,476. The Department set December 1, 2016 as the […]

Overtime Rule Update: 5th Circuit Grants Expedited Review of Appeal

Dec 8, 2016 Lauren Godles

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has just granted the DOL’s motion for expedited briefing and oral argument in its appeal of the nationwide injunction issued against the Overtime Rule, despite opposition from the state attorneys general who filed the suit. The briefing schedule is even more accelerated than requested by DOL in its motion, in which it […]

Would Earlier Implementation of the New Overtime Rule Have Changed the Election Outcome?

Nov 14, 2016 Andrew Strom

Since the Presidential election was so close, it’s very tempting to engage in thought experiments about how different actions might have changed the outcome. And for all of Hillary Clinton’s flaws as a candidate, exit polls suggest that the election can be viewed as a referendum on the Obama Administration. For instance, 63% of the […]

Overtime Exemption for Auto Dealership Service Advisors

Jun 23, 2016 Catherine Fisk

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a narrow decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro rejecting a U.S. Department of Labor interpretation of the scope of the overtime exemption for auto dealership sales employees. But the Court left open the possibility that the DoL could issue a new rule determining service advisors to be entitled […]

Unpredictable Scheduling Practices and Scheduling Legislation: An Explainer

Jun 15, 2016 Melissa Greenberg

Over the past two years, advocacy and media attention around work scheduling has expanded dramatically. In 2014 and 2015, ten states and Democrats in Congress introduced legislation to increase scheduling predictability for workers. In April, Seattle legislators followed suit and announced that they are drafting a scheduling ordinance. Hillary Clinton mentioned the issue in a […]

Whole Foods: FunJobs at $11/hour

Jun 4, 2016 Benjamin Sachs

Whole Foods is advertising job openings in the Boston suburbs starting at $11/hour – a mere $4/hour less than the Fight for Fifteen demand. Is this what conscious capitalism means?

Enforcing Seattle’s Minimum Wage Law

Apr 28, 2016 Edward Nasser

April 1st marked the one-year anniversary of the effective date of Seattle’s headline-making minimum wage law. The law mandated a graduated increase to $15/hour by 2018 for employers with more than 500 employees and 2021 for all employers with less. New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. have followed with their own variations. […]

What’s the Deal with Tipping?

Apr 20, 2016 Hannah Belitz

The institution of tipping has recently evoked a firestorm of criticism. Opponents of tipping point out that many servers earn below minimum wage; that servers, particularly women, often tolerate sexual harassment for the sake of earning better tips; and that tipping is rife with racial and other biases. In response to these criticisms, a handful […]

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Seattle and the (Methodology of the) Economics of Minimum Wage

Seattle and the Economics of Minimum Wage

The Current State of Overtime

Overtime Rule Update: 5th Circuit Grants Expedited Review of Appeal

Would Earlier Implementation of the New Overtime Rule Have Changed the Election Outcome?

Overtime Exemption for Auto Dealership Service Advisors

Unpredictable Scheduling Practices and Scheduling Legislation: An Explainer

Whole Foods: FunJobs at $11/hour

Enforcing Seattle’s Minimum Wage Law

What’s the Deal with Tipping?