ProGov21 Policy Library

Type Roadmap

Year -

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source RoundTrip

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Transportation & Mobility

Single-occupancy vehicle use for short commutes contributes significantly to traffic congestion, and has a negative impact on the climate and public health outcomes. This toolkit helps employers identify transportation needs, and create or enhance commute options for workers. Aimed...

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,...

Community High-Road Agreement for Seattle’s Residential Retrofit Programs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Th Seattle Neighborhood NEB Initiative

Policy Areas Community Development, Energy

The City of Seattle's Neighborhood WEB Initiative enhances energy efficiency in single-family homes through grant-funded energy audits and a revolving loan program to help homeowners' make improvements. The initiative prioritizes local business participation, especially of small,...

Cutting Corners: How Government Contractors Harm the Public in Pursuit of Profit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source In the Public Interest

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement

Government contractors are incentivized to cut corners to show that they are a “cheaper” alternative to non-contracted works, often resulting in deception and lack of transparency that harms workers, the public, and the environment, while leading to cost overruns. Public officials...

It is Time for Earned Sick Leave in Michigan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level State

State(s) Michigan

Source Michigan League for Public Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Children & Families

Michigan should enact an earned sick leave law. An earned sick leave law in Michigan would require most employers to bank sick time for their workers based on the number of hours they have worked. This would help low-paid workers keep their jobs, increase productivity, reduce employee...

Essential but Unprotected: App-based Food Couriers in New York City

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source Los Deliveristas Unidos

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Data & Technology

This report contains the findings from a participatory action research project that examined the working and living conditions of delivery workers engaged by digital platforms (also known as apps) to deliver restaurant food orders to consumers in New York City. Findings show that...

The Future of Warehouse Work: Technological Change in the U.S. Logistics Industry

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source UC Berkeley Labor Center

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Economic Justice

Automation in the warehousing industry aims to optimize order and task fulfillment and looks to de-skill certain roles by automating workers roles, posing a threat to job-quality. Best practices to address this are worker inclusive decision-making processes, and regulations that mitigate...

Competency-Based Credentials Case Studies

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Education

Traditionally, employers, workers and students have used academic degrees and diplomas as a proxy for the skills and knowledge needed to perform on the job. There is growing interest in the use of competency-based credentials to complement this approach; however, the current “market”...

Industrial Energy Productivity: Jobs and Workforce Development in the Midwest

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Education

The Midwest accounts for nearly one-fourth of all industrial energy usage in the U.S., including nearly half of all industrial coal consumption; however, only 10 percent of Midwestern industrial facilities are upgrading their equipment to improve productivity. In 2011 the Midwestern...

Moving Beyond the Count: Maryland’s Skills to Compete Initiative

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town, State

State(s) Maryland

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Education

Maryland is taking bold steps to increase the number of workers who possess a post-secondary education credential. In particular, Skills2Compete Maryland (S2C Maryland) is a campaign aimed at increasing post-secondary success to strengthen the skills of Maryland’s workforce. This...

Developing Market-Relevant Curricula and Credentials: Employer Engagement for Community Colleges in Partnerships

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Education

Business and education communities share an understanding of the type, level, and quantity of skills and credentials needed by the workforce. However, community colleges often struggle to engage employers effectively. This report outlines strategies community colleges can take to...

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Creating a Competency-Based Qualifications Framework for Postsecondary Education and Training

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Education

Incomes, job security, and economic growth increasingly depend on postsecondary credentials with value in the labor market. While a vast number of adults in the labor market engage in noncredit occupational education and training, without common metrics or quality assurance mechanisms,...

Detroit Adult Foundational Skill Development: Challenges and Solutions

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development, Education

Nearly half of working age Detroiters do not have the essential foundational skills necessary to get a job or succeed in a career. At the same time, the need for strong foundational skills is growing. Detroit’s emerging economic comeback means that the number of jobs is growing, and...

Advancing American Economic Competitiveness Through Latino Immigrant Worker Success

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Education

Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of America's population, though many lack the necessary skills and education to meet the demands of industry and earn family sustaining wages. This report provides recommendations that can be taken in order to bridge the skills gap. These recommendations...

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...

Fear at work: An inside account of how employers threaten, intimidate, and harass workers to stop them from exercising their right to collective bargaining

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level National, State

State(s) Georgia, Texas

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Despite federal law guaranteeing the right to unionize, workers are harmed by employers' union busting tactics and the National Labor Relations Board's flawed election system, which fails to protect workers' rights. This report illustrates these tactics and failures through case studies...

High Road Kitchens

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year -

Level City or Town, Other

State(s) All States

Source One Fair Wage

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

Sub-minimum hourly wages for tipped workers disproportionately affects women of color and perpetuates racial disparities within the service industry. High Road Kitchens is program providing subsidies to restaurants and training to restaurants committed to racial equity and fair wages....

Falling Short: Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Compares Poorly with Other Midwestern States

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level State

State(s) Michigan

Source Michigan League for Public Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice

For more than five years, Michigan has had the highest unemployment rate in the Midwest. Despite this, Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) system compares very poorly with other Midwestern states in helping jobless workers as they look for work; this is due partly to its failure...

Working From Home: From Invisibility to Decent Work

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source International Labour Organization

Policy Areas Economic Justice

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, large portions of the world’s workforce shifted to homeworking, joining hundreds of millions of other workers who had already been working from home for decades. Given the continued struggle to improve the rights and working conditions...

Philadelphia Healthcare Sector Training Fund

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source District 1999C

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Education, Health

Philadelphia's Health Care District 1199C Training and Upgrading Fund provides career development opportunities for healthcare workers covered by collective bargaining agreements. The fund identifies and addresses worker training needs in the healthcare industry, developing programs...

Addressing Detroit’s Basic Skills Crisis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Education

The Detroit Regional Workforce Fund’s efforts to connect low and moderate-income persons to career pathways is inhibited by the skills gap. As a result, the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund is pursuing several key policy and capacity-building efforts focused on increasing adult educational...

Skills-Based Hiring at the Commonwealth

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Massachusetts Department of Human Resources

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This hiring strategy guide identifies best practices for attracting talented candidates to public sector positions and outlines key components of an effective recruitment plan. It also highlights successful approaches for analyzing hiring trends, developing attractive job postings,...

Upskill/Backfill Strategies: Advancing Incumbent Workers and Opening Opportunities for Job Seekers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Education

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) High Growth and Emerging Industry Sectors grant program from 2009 to 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor funded 152 grantees across the country to train unemployed and dislocated workers in emerging and growing sectors...

Technological Change in Health Care Delivery: Its Drivers and Consequences for Work and Workers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level -

State(s) All States

Source UCLA Labor Center

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Economic Justice, Health

The potential of technological advancements to improve service delivery, expand access, reduce costs, and improve chronic disease management in the health care sector, also presents critical challenge to the workforce. This report finds that technologies like telemedicine, portable...

Perspectives on No Worker Left Behind: Results From a Participant Survey

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level State

State(s) Michigan

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Education

No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) was an offer by the State of Michigan from 2007-2010 of free tuition to low-income and unemployed workers willing to go back to school and earn a market-relevant degree or credential. This study explores the experiences of those who enrolled in NWLB, seeking...

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