ProGov21 Policy Library

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...

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...

How to Recruit and Retain Top Talent in the Public Sector

Type Article

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source NeoGov

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

Government employers must pursue innovative hiring strategies to outcompete private sector entities for talented candidates. This guide outlines best practices for recruiting and sourcing candidates, and recommends emphasizing career development opportunities, improving employer branding...

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...

Work Innovation and Opportunity Act and Job Quality

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source CLASP

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

Through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), local governments can leverage training funds to improve job quality. This guide recommends using WIOA plans to offer employment incentives including higher wages, paid leave, reliable and flexible schedules, and career...

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...

2022 Austin Ordinance 31 Establishing Wage Theft Prevention Standards

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City of Austin

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This ordinance combats wage theft by requiring the city to designate a wage theft coordinator, establishing a database of employers with a record of wage theft adjudication, and preventing offending employers from contracting with the city. It also outlines the wage theft coordinator's...

Employer Power and Employee Skills: Recommendations for Workforce Training Practitioners and Funders

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Roosevelt Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Successful workforce training programs build worker power by both imparting new skills and reducing obstacles to finding new jobs or maintaining existing ones. This guide provides an overview of existing workforce training nonprofits and outlines best practices for developing workforce...

The Impact of Wages and Turnover on Security and Safety in Airports: A Review of the Literature

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

The San Francisco Airport Commission's Quality Standards Program mandates higher minimum compensation and training for workers. This review assess the impact of the program, and finds that higher wages reduced turnover which consequentially improved security at airports....

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,...

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...

Job Quality Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Public Safety

ProGov21's updated Job Quality Roadmap provides information and resources that enable the creation of safe and equitable working conditions for all workers. Presently, American jobs offer low pay, unpredictable hours, and little stability, while workers in these jobs suffer from dangerous...

Top HR Challenges Facing the Public Sector - and How to Overcome Them

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Lattice

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Increased competition for skilled workers, hybrid/remote workplace hurdles, and higher turnover rates have burdened public sector employers. This article outlines some of the challenges governments are facing in hiring and retaining skilled workers and recommends simplifying the application...

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 Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

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...

Public Sector Recruiting: How to Hire Talented Government Workers

Type Article

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source GovPilot

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

Local government leaders should consider how technological upgrades in the workplace can make public sector positions more appealing for a younger generation of workers. This guide identifies major challenges currently facing public sector recruiting and highlights effective approaches...

2023-2024 State & Local Policy Agenda

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source EARN

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Workers face economic threats including eroding wages, unfair firings, union busting, and entrenched occupational segregation. As workers organize to fight back, they need local policymakers to implement new policies that raise labor standards and crack down on abuses. This report...

Aspen Institute Quality Job Tools Library

Type Policy Brief or Report, Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source The Aspen Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

The Aspen Institute's Economic Opportunities Program developed this Job Quality Tools Library to provide actionable tools – including checklists, instructions, and guidelines – to help leaders adopt practices to strengthen job quality in their own organizations, in the businesses...

2022 Austin Ordinance 31 Establishing Wage Theft Prevention Standards

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City of Austin

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This ordinance combats wage theft by requiring the city to designate a wage theft coordinator, establishing a database of employers with a record of wage theft adjudication, and preventing offending employers from contracting with the city. It also outlines the wage theft coordinator's...

Public Task Forces Take on Employee Misclassification: Best Practices

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

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

State(s) All States

Source National Employment Law Project

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

Cities, states, and workers' organizations have established interagency task forces to take on companies that illegally misclassify workers. This report provides an overview of best practices for creating worker misclassification task forces and highlights successful case studies....

2023 Denver Ordinance 22-1614 Preventing Wage Theft

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado

Source City of Denver

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

Denver's wage theft prevention ordinance grants the City Attorney the authority to prosecute wage theft, prohibits employers from withholding wages or benefits from workers that are misclassified as independent contractors, and prevent workers from retaliation. It also imposes 12%...

2023 Chicago Ordinance Increasing Paid Leave

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source City of Chicago

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

The updated Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance doubles workers' paid time off, allocating 40 hours of paid sick leave and 40 hours of paid leave for unspecified purposes. It also requires large employers to pay out all unused paid leave upon an employee's separation...

Using State and Local Governments’ Purchasing Power to Combat Wage Theft

Type Article

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Courtlyn G. Roser-Jones

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...

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