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Posted September 25, 2019 in Press Releases
Working people deserve to be paid for all the hours they work. Yet each year, employers steal wages from hundreds of thousands of Ohio workers. Around 217,000 Ohioans are illegally paid less than minimum wage.... read more
Posted September 24, 2019 in Press Releases
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final overtime rule. The rule weakens an Obama-era rule which would have restored overtime protections to many salaried workers and boosted the pay of about 370,000... read more
Posted September 20, 2019 in eNews
10,700: Ohio had 10,700 fewer jobs in August than it did in January, according to Hannah Halbert’s latest JobWatch. That’s despite the fact that, as Hannah puts it, “These should be the good years.” She... read more
Posted September 16, 2019 in Press Releases
The 2020-2021 state budget passed in July takes steps to expand college access for low-income students, but it falls short of what’s needed to meet Ohio’s college attainment goal, according to new analysis from Policy... read more
Posted September 07, 2019 in eNews
$9.8 billion: That’s how much potential tax revenue Ohio gives up due to tax breaks lawmakers give out. Wendy Patton and Zach Schiller took a deep dive into Ohio’s biggest and fastest growing tax breaks... read more
Posted September 05, 2019 in Press Releases
In the final year of the new state budget, Ohio will forgo $9.8 billion in estimated tax revenue due to tax breaks legislators have created. That amounts to more than state dollars spent on human... read more
Posted September 01, 2019 in Press Releases
The economic expansion begun in June 2009 has stretched for more than 121 months, making it the longest in history. For most Ohioans, however, benefits are proving elusive, according to the State of Working Ohio,... read more
Posted August 26, 2019 in Press Releases
Between 2004 and 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor found 6,417 instances of wage theft at 270 Cleveland companies according to analysis from Policy Matters Ohio. The Policy Matters analysis includes only the violations that were... read more
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