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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....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Higher minimum wage would reduce inequality, benefit families, and offer women and workers of color higher wages. This report recommends raising the minimum wage in Columbus to $12 per hour by 2021....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2024
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Center for American Progress
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
State and local governments can raise standards for workers and the public through a variety of labor-focused procurement policies including prevailing wages and project-labor agreements. This report outlines best practices for improving conditions for public workers and highlights...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) California
Source UCLA Labor Center
Policy Areas Economic Justice
While Universal Studios receives millions of dollars in government subsidies, it pays minimum wage to most of the 6,000 workers at its Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, resulting in widespread food and housing insecurity, including hunger and homelessness. These workers struggle...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2015
Level City or Town, County
State(s) California
Source U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
California has lead the nation in the development of local minimum wage ordinances. This report details how cities and counties have developed enforcement regimes for these new laws while also working within existing state enforcement systems....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health
This report examines how establishing a minimum wage for hotel workers in Los Angeles would improve job quality, reduce poverty, and bolster the city's tourism industry. It recommends policymakers set the starting hotel minimum wage equal to the existing living wage set for workers...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level State
State(s) Oregon
Source Oregon Center for Public Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice
Communities of color continue to face obstacles to economic equality. Structural reforms are necessary not only to lift underresourced communities but to improve outcomes for all Americans struggling to make ends meet. This roadmap details campaigns in Oregon to raise the minimum...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
The minimum wage for Ohioans is too low to cover the basic cost of living. A $15 minimum wage by 2023 will boost the Ohio economny by benefiting low wage workers, parents and children, and improve racial eand gender equity....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) Rhode Island
Source The Economic Progress Institute
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This brief outlines results from the Economic Policy Institute's study on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 by 2015. It finds that raising the minimum wage will dually improve the economic well-being of Rhode Islanders and strengthen...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2014
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This study evaluates the impact of the proposed 2014 ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour by 2018 in four steps. The study evaluates the number and demographics of workers impacted as well as the economic impact on workers and business. They find...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source City of Los Angeles
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This ordinance establishes a new Wage Enforcement Division to enforce violations of wage theft in Los Angeles, establish penalties, and grant authority to the City of Los Angeles Police Commission to deny, revoke or suspend a police permit issued or requested by an employer found...

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...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2014
Level County
State(s) California
Source The Board of County Commissioners of Santa Fe County
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This ordinance establishes a living wage within Santa Fe County. Beginning at $10.66 per hour, each year the living wage shall be adjusted by an amount corresponding to the previous year’s increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The ordinance also protects employees from retaliation...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source ChangeLab Solutions
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Health
Local policy is more likely to generate lasting change if it responds to the needs and priorities of local residents and is grounded in their lived experiences. However, some state legislatures are using the legal doctrine of preemption to block local policy innovations. This report...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This report evaluates the proposal to establish a $13.50/hour minimum wage by 2019 in the city of Sacramento. It evaluates the proposal's potential impacts on workers, employment, and businesses....

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...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Economic Policy Institute
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This report looks at the rising use of preemption by state legislatures to undercut local labor standards. It provides an overview of five key areas of labor and employment policy affected by preemption—including minimum wage, paid leave, fair work scheduling, prevailing wage, and...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source EARN
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
Across the midwest, conservative state lawmakers have increasingly used preemption—a tactic whereby a higher level of government limits or eliminates the power of a lower-level government to regulate an issue—to reduce the policy tools and power available to local lawmakers. This...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Berkeley City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
This ordinance requires employers to pay their employees no less than the City's minimum wage. Beginning at $12.53 in 2016, the minimum wage shall increase yearly by an amount corresponding to changes in the Consumer Price Index. It also requires any service or gratuity charges to...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2022
Level City or Town
State(s) Wisconsin
Source Madison City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This ordinance requires employers that contract with the City of Madison, receive financial assistance from the City, or operate in City-owned facilities to pay their employees a living wage. The City of Madison must also pay their employees a living wage. This ordinance defines a...

Type Article
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice
Living wage laws establish wage and benefit standards for companies that do business with the government to improve job quality and increase living standards for low-income workers. The Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance greatly improved pay for low-income workers, with an average...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2012
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Partnership for Working Families
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Public Safety, Health
The U.S. economy is headed towards greater inequality as middle-class jobs are becoming increasingly scarce, while low wage jobs are growing. This report details ten proposals to strengthen the economy for the long term by creating “good” jobs and addressing the economic insecurity...

Type Roadmap
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Inclusive Economics
Policy Areas Economic Justice
Implementing climate policy has the potential to promote high-road workforce development (HRWD) that increase economic opportunity for low-income communities. At the same time, HRWD can facilitate the successful implementation of climate plans and broaden community support for climate...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health, Education, Children & Families
This report discusses the shared and divergent challenges in the home care and early care and education industries. It also reviews emerging policy initiatives to fund wage increases for home care and early care and education workers and identifies principles for public policy going...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source National Employment Law Project
Policy Areas Children & Families, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
Minimum wage increases have raised questions about whether income improvements will push working families above eligibility thresholds for public assistance programs. This report analyzes minimum data from across the country and finds that most major benefits programs gradually phase...

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