July 5th 2022
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Last week, new, seasonally-unadjusted state unemployment claims totaled 746,496. The total number of claims surpassed those of the week prior by over 24,000, leading some to warn of a stalling labor market. A recent report from the California Policy Lab reinforces...
Republican lawmakers in Washington are reportedly circulating drafts of legislation that would provide businesses with sweeping liability protections in case their workers contract coronavirus, The Washington Post reports. The ensuing proposals are no doubt a...
On Friday, July 12, Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta announced his resignation as Democrats and Republicans alike questioned his handling of a sex crimes case involving financier Jeffrey Epstein when Acosta was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Even before last...
As expected, the New York City Council voted yesterday to cap the number of Ubers allowed to drive within the city, in a win for taxi drivers, who had complained of deflated incomes. The move came despite opposition from the NAACP and other civil rights...
Professor Susan Dynarski of the University of Michigan writes in the New York Times about a new economics study that shows the key role that unions have played in reducing inequality in the United States. In addition to improving their own members’ wages and...
In an effort to reduce the gender pay gap, Delaware has enacted a law prohibiting employers from screening applicants based on salary history. In doing so, Delaware joins Massachusetts, Oregon, New York City, and Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s ordinance is under...