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2017 San Diego Ordinance 10-2017 Mandating Equal Pay

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City of San Diego

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This ordinance ensures compliance with non-discrimination laws and the California Equal Pay Act. It further requires businesses to equalize wages between employees who perform equal or substantially similar work, regardless of gender, race, or ethnicity....

Ensuring the High Road in Cannabis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

As federal and state governments move toward marijuana legalization, labor conditions within the industry need to be evaluated. Currently, many of the employers in the marijuana industry take a "low road" approach to their workforce, with low wages, poor to no benefits, and frequent...

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...

Raise the wage: $15 minimum would benefit one million working Ohioans

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

Ohio's minimum wage does not reflect the economic value created by low-wage workers and is insufficient to cover the basic cost of living. This report outlines a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2026 and eliminate the sub-minimum wage for workers with disabilities. It...

Coming Together for Loudoun County: Collective Bargaining Strengthens Communities and Families

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level County

State(s) Virginia

Source The Commonwealth Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

A review of county employee salaries reveals that many public employees in Loudoun County cannot afford to live in the county they serve. This brief highlights how collective bargaining could bring their pay closer to private sector pay levels and also reduce racial and gender pay...

Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source National Low Income Housing Coalition

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing

Rents are rising faster than wages, and tenants in many states are burdened by the end of pandemic-era benefits programs that had helped dampen a hostile national housing market. This report examines disparities between wages and rental housing prices across the country and finds...

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,...

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...

Botched Policy Responses to Globalization have Decimated Manufacturing Employment with often Overlooked Costs for Black, Brown, and other Workers of Color

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report examines the impact of misguided globalization policies, (including monetary policy, unfair trade agreements, failed agreements, and investment deals) and shows that the consequences of these policies have disproportionately affected workers of color....

How State and Local Governments Can Strengthen Worker Power and Raise Wages

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for American Progress

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report highlights policy mechanisms that state and local governments can use to raise wages at an industry or sectoral level and to support worker organizations. Recommendations include, but are not limited to, using wage boards to establish industry-wide pay standards, partnering...

2012 Albuquerque Ordinance 12-2006 Establishing a Minimum Wage

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) New Mexico

Source City of Albuquerque

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This ordinance establishes a minimum wage in the City of Albuquerque....

Burning Questions: Assessing the Needs of the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Public Safety

The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department (UGYFD) is staffed primarily by volunteer members who receive compensation only when called in to respond to a call or for time spent on training and education. Due to their paid-on-call staffing model, the UGYFD is struggling to maintain...

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...

City of Houston Air Carrier Living Wage Executive Order

Type Executive Order

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City of Houston

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This executive order seeks to promote the provision of a living wage for workers at City aviation facilities. It creates a wage rate increase schedule, sets provisions for applying tip credit to wages, and allows workers to continue bargaining for additional wage increases. ...

2008 Milwaukee Ordinance 08-080420 Establishing Paid Sick Leave

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source City of Milwaukee

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health

This ordinance requires employers within the city limits of Milwaukee, WI to provide sick leave benefits. Specifically, employers must provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked and are not required to provide more than 72 hours of sick leave in a calendar year....

The Early Educator Workforce Crisis: How Legislators Can Make a Difference for Kids, Families, and Educators

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County, National, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for the Study of Childcare Development

Policy Areas Children & Families

Chronic underinvestment in early child care and education drives out teachers, limits child care options, and forces parents out of the workforce. This fact sheet emphasizes the importance of early care, and offers support strategies such as creating insured retirement accounts for...

Workforce Standards for an Equitable Economy

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) California

Source UC Berkeley Labor Center

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

Workforce standards must be incorporated into public spending and regulations to ensure that all citizens have access to a family-sustaining career. This factsheet identifies the importance of workforce standards in improving wages, job quality, and job access and provides recommendations....

Preempting Progress in the Heartland

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This report compares the prevalence of preemption in Midwestern states to other U.S. regions and finds that the Midwest is second only to the South in overreach into local affairs, preventing municipalities from being able to enact strong labor protection policy, economic health support...

Minneapolis Living Wage Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source Minneapolis City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This ordinance establishes a minimum wage in Minneapolis. As of July 1, 2021, an employer shall pay an employee no less than fifteen dollars per hour....

City Strategies to Combat Wage Theft and Empower Workers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This policy brief outlines policy levers local jurisdictions can use to address wage theft and support local workers. Some of the policies detailed include quality administrative systems, reliable data for tracking wages, and stronger sanctions for violating wage theft provisions....

The Promise and Limits of High-pressure Labor Markets for Narrowing the Racial Gaps

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level Other

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report explores the case for continuing to run the economy "hot" in order to maintain low unemployment and high effective demand for labor as a strategy for reducing racial wage gaps and improving racial equity. This report also explores the promises and limits of a high-pressure...

A Shrinking Toolbox: The Corporate Efforts to Eliminate PAGA and Limit California Worker’s Rights

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level State

State(s) California

Source UCLA Labor Center

Policy Areas Economic Justice

High rates of labor violations in California disproportionately harm workers of color and workers in low-wage industries. The 2003 Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) expanded the state's labor enforcement capacity by allowing workers to sue on behalf of the Labor & Workforce Development...

Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 6-105 by modifying Section 6-105-030 regarding minimum hourly wage in occupations receiving gratuities

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source City of Chicago

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This ordinance sets standards for the percentage of tips that may be counted toward an employee's hourly wage. It protects employees' tips, ensures that employers adhere to reporting requirements, and sets violation penalties for enforcement. Tipped workers benefit from these protections...

Worker Power Levels The Playing Field

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Wisconsin

Source High Road Strategy Center

Policy Areas Community Development

When public money is invested in development projects, the community must hold developers accountable for the benefits they were promised. This report examines Milwaukee's proposed Iron District soccer stadium and outlines how to create effective community benefits agreements (CBA)....

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