ProGov21 Policy Library

From Community Benefits to Collective Bargaining, and Back: Building Worker Power in Milwaukee

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, Wisconsin

Source High Road Strategy Center

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) are negotiated between private developers, labor organizations, and community stakeholders to ensure large-scale developments create high-quality jobs during and after the construction phase. This report examines how the Milwaukee Area Service and...

Wages & Benefits Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Presently, the average American worker is unfairly compensated for their labor. In response to this challenge, ProGov21's updated Job Quality Roadmap provides information and resources that enable the creation of a healthy and productive workforce. It calls on local governments to...

Most State Unemployment Websites Fail Mobile and Accessibility Tests

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

Policy Areas Data & Technology

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of workers have applied for unemployment benefits online, only to be met with a crashed webpage. To better gauge the overall functionality of state unemployment websites, ITIF tested the page load speed, mobile-friendliness, and accessibility...

Using State and Local Government Purchasing Power to Combat Wage Theft

Type Article

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Washington and Lee Law Review

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Because the likelihood of being penalized is low, some employers commit wage-theft on a large scale. This report explores government contracting approaches for mitigating wage theft, including disclosure obligations, ineligibility sanctions for wage-theft offenders, and government...

Local Government Employee Retention 2023: The Ultimate Guide

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source GovPilot

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This guide outlines employee retention strategies and highlights best practices for preventing turnover in local government positions. It recommends utilizing federal infrastructure grant funding to provide retention incentives, fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture,...

2021 Detroit Ordinance Establishing Industry Standards Boards

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source City of Detroit

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This 2021 ordinance allows Detroit's city council to establish industry standards boards, which bring workers and employers together to set standards for wages, benefits, and working conditions. It outlines the process by which worker groups may petition for an industry standards...

Flexible Work Without Exploitation: Reversing Tech Companies’ State-by-State Agenda to Unravel Workers’ Rights and Misclassify Workers as ‘Contractors’ in the Gig Economy and Beyond

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Digital platform companies like Uber and Doordash consistently violate workers' rights by misclassifying them as 'independent contractors,' paying subminimum wages, and shifting primary risks and costs of doing business onto workers and consumers. This report examines how tech companies...

Ohioans face tough test to receive unemployment benefits: Earnings requirements exceed almost all other states

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Ohio's unemployment compensation benefits system is undermined by the requirement that workers earn $230 weekly for 20 weeks to qualify. Implementing a standard that links eligibility to hours worked rather than amount of earnings would increase benefits' accessibility and reduce...

2007 New York City Ordinance 596 Requiring the Department of Housing to Provide Language Assistance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source The New York City Council

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing

The ordinance requires the department of housing preservation and development to provide free language assistance services to limited English proficient individuals. The department shall also translate all of its documents into the top nine languages other than English spoken by persons...

Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report examines the impact of Los Angeles' 1997 living wage ordinance on wages, benefits, and labor dynamics. It finds that the law increased wages and benefits for thousands of people across the city, and that these benefits were greater when workers were unionized. ...

2011 San Francisco Ordinance 175-11 Regarding Wage Theft

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2011

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance enhances the ability of the City and County of San Francisco to enforce its minimum wage by requiring employers to create dispute resolution policies, increasing the penalty for employer retaliation, and establishing penalties for employers that fail to provide personal,...

Virginia 2022 HB30 Adjusting Funding and Language for Employee Compensation

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Virginia

Source State of Virginia

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This bill allocates funding from the state budget toward 5% yearly salary increases for state employees, university faculty, and state supported local employees. It also specifies the timelines for the salary increases and requires the Department of Human Resource Management to establish...

Health Care for Airport Workers: Protecting Our Security and Safeguarding Our Children's Future

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Health

This report underscores the failure of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance to increase healthcare benefits for LAX workers, and outlines how the lack of insurance has impacted workers' families. It recommends that the city invest to increase the health care differential of the living...

Living Wage Policy Toolkit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source PolicyLink

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

To ensure that public spending creates high-quality family-supporting jobs, local governments should implement living wage ordinances that set wage standards for city employees, government contractors, and companies receiving public subsidies. This policy guide highlights the benefits...

Texas Leaders Must Invest in Our State Agencies: We Deserve Effective State Health Care and Food Security Programs

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2023

Level State

State(s) Texas

Source Texans Together For Our Common Good

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Throughout Texas and many other states, families face significant delays in getting welfare benefits and Medicaid. This is exacerbated by chronic underfunding and understaffing. This fact sheet details some ways that state agencies can implement new incentives to retain staff and...

Teacher pay penalty still looms large: Trends in Teacher Wages and Compensation Through 2022

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Education

Cities that want to high-quality education systems need to address the immense disparity in compensation between teachers' and other workers with similar educational credentials. This study examines working conditions for educators and finds that teachers in 31 states earn 20 percent...

Local Government Employee Retention 2023: The Ultimate Guide

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source GovPilot

Policy Areas -

This guide outlines employee retention strategies and highlights best practices for preventing turnover in local government positions. It recommends utilizing federal infrastructure grant funding to provide retention incentives, fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture,...

Poll Report: Small Business Owners' Views on Retirement Security

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source American Sustainable Business Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report, which contains the results of a scientific national phone survey of small business owners (2 to 99 employees) conducted in March 2013, is designed to inform policy discussions about retirement security and serve as a basis for evaluating proposals that address the needs...

Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Rules

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2024

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source City of Chicago

Policy Areas Children & Families, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

Chicago's updated paid leave and sick and safe leave rules mandate employers to provide paid leave at the prevailing wage rate, grant paid leave to employees who work remotely within the city, and allow unused paid leave and paid sick leave to carry over between benefits years. They...

The Bully’s Playbook: How App Corporations Hold Back Worker Organizing and Harm Democracy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, Other, Other Boards and Agencies, State

State(s) All States

Source PowerSwitch Action

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This report outlines the tactics gig economy transportation and delivery corporations have utilized to undermine communities and exploit workers and customers. It finds that these corporations fund aggressive lobbying campaigns to drive statewide preemption policies that ban localities...

2020 Seattle Ordinance Establishing Labor Standards and Minimum Compensation for Transit Network Drivers

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

This ordinance establishes minimum labor and compensation standards for transportation network company (TNC) drivers. It also requires TNCs to provide or reimburse personal protective equipment (i.e. face coverings, gloves, hand sanitizing agents, and disinfecting supplies) for TNC...

Houston Pay or Play Health Benefits Program

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City of Houston Office of Business Opportunity

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health

Not all firms bidding on public contracts provide workers with access to high-quality healthcare, creating an uneven playing field in bidding and coverage gaps for workers in Houston. The Pay or Play (POP) Program mandates that contractors either provide a minimum level of healthcare...

2001 Oakland Ordinance 12324 Improving Language Accessibility for City Services

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2001

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Oakland City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

The Ordinance requires city information and services be provided in every language that is represented by 10,000 people or more in the city; the hiring of bilingual staff in public contact positions; establishes an in-house translation service for written government materials and...

Can’t Survive On $7.25: Higher Minimum Wages for Working Wisconsin Source: High Road Strategy Center

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source High Road Strategy Center

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

Wisconsin's low-wage workers are struggling because the state has refused to raise the minimum wage since 2009, and has even failed to adjust it for inflation. This report shows that raising the minimum wage (and enforcing that increase) would improve economic growth, support employers...

2009 San Francisco Ordinance 202 Language Access

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2009

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Policy Areas Civil Rights

This ordinance requires City Departments to translate the following written materials into languages spoken by a substantial number of limited English speaking persons: applications to receive benefits or services; tests for which knowledge of written English is not required; materials...

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