Research by Piet Van Lier

Work & Wages — Job Watch

JobWatch: Ohio added jobs in October as goods producers recovered COVID losses

November 18, 2022

Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance — Unemployment Insurance

Testimony on amendments to Senate Bill 302 before the Senate Insurance Committee

November 16, 2022

Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance — Basic Needs

Increase family security and expand opportunity in Ohio

November 14, 2022

Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance — Unemployment Insurance

A ray of hope for low-paid workers

October 27, 2022

Justice Reform

“Talk to me like a regular person, not a criminal”

October 24, 2022

Work & Wages — Job Watch

JobWatch: Ohio employers cut jobs in September

October 21, 2022

Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance — Basic Needs

No child should go to school hungry

October 07, 2022

Revenue & Budget — Tax Policy

Legislators pass tax breaks since July 2021 worth millions

September 26, 2022

Work & Wages — Job Watch

JobWatch: Ohio Added Jobs in August

September 16, 2022

Work & Wages — State of Working Ohio

State of Working Ohio 2022

September 05, 2022

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Research by Piet Van Lier

JobWatch: Ohio added jobs in October as goods producers recovered COVID losses

Testimony on amendments to Senate Bill 302 before the Senate Insurance Committee

Increase family security and expand opportunity in Ohio

A ray of hope for low-paid workers

“Talk to me like a regular person, not a criminal”

JobWatch: Ohio employers cut jobs in September

No child should go to school hungry

Legislators pass tax breaks since July 2021 worth millions

JobWatch: Ohio Added Jobs in August

State of Working Ohio 2022

JobWatch: Ohio added jobs in July

Creating a care response model in Cleveland for those in crisis

Ohio employers slashed jobs in June

Ohio’s LLC loophole: Public dollars, private benefits

JobWatch: Ohio added jobs in May but at slower pace

Testimony on SB 225 before the House Ways and Means Committee

Testimony on Senate Joint Resolution 5 before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Testimony on House Bill 234 before the House Ways & Means Committee

JobWatch: More jobs restored in April

Honest day's pay

Testimony on Senate Bill 302 before the Senate Insurance Committee

Still working for too little in Ohio

Assessing Health Equity Impacts

Breaking down barriers on the path to democracy

Use ARPA to stabilize families, workers & child care

The American Rescue Plan Act in Ohio

Use ARPA to provide premium pay for essential workers

Use ARPA to provide paid leave for public workers

Use ARPA to ensure workers are paid what they’re owed

Use ARPA funds to support youth, help keep them out of prison

Use ARPA to help schools recover, retool & restart

Use ARPA & BIL to create good jobs through apprenticeship readiness

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Use ARPA to improve & expand school-based health care

Use ARPA to transform public safety with care response

Policy Matters letter to Cleveland Mayor Bibb and Council President Griffin

Public comment regarding the Charter Schools Program to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education

JobWatch: Job gains continue rapid recovery in March

Testimony on House Joint Resolution 2 and House Bill 607 before the House Criminal Justice Committee

JobWatch: Robust federal response drove continued recovery in February

Stabilize families, workers, and the child care industry

Making the most of Intel for everyone

Stabilize families, workers, and the child care sector

JobWatch: Ohio recovered jobs earlier, then slowed

Testimony on HB 123 before Senate Ways and Means Committee

The great Ohio tax shift, 2022

Ohioans finding better work as state adds jobs in December

CEO Pay Report 2021

JobWatch: After adding jobs in November, Ohio on track to recover destroyed jobs by 2023

Testimony on Senate Bill 228 before the Senate Insurance Committee

Testimony on Senate Bill 246 before the Senate Ways & Means Committee

Ohio adds jobs in October

Review of Ohio’s 2022-23 budget

Testimony on Senate Bill 225 before the Senate Finance Committee

Bail reform will make Ohioans healthier

JobWatch: Ohio added 9,900 jobs in September

Unemployment compensation for low-paid workers

JobWatch: Policymakers end jobless benefits to 240,000 as Ohio loses jobs in August

State of Working Ohio 2021

Testimony before Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Holbrook on unemployment compensation

More public money to private interests

JobWatch: Ohio adds jobs in July

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE POLICY MATTERS OHIO, AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT, WILLIAM E. SPRIGGS, ECONOMIC POLICY

Testimony before the Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council on its draft report

What’s in the Cleveland Police Budget?

Reimagining public safety in Cleveland

Ohio adds jobs in June

Four ways the American Rescue Plan can support working people

Ohio tax cuts would go mostly to the very affluent

Ohio sheds more jobs in May

JobWatch, Juneteenth & the history of American labor

More giveaways, less accountability

Testimony on House Bill 110 before the Senate Finance Committee

Senate tax cuts would go mostly to the affluent

Testimony on SB 135 before Senate Workforce & Higher Education Committee

Wrong Direction: April marks second month of job loss this year

Testimony on House Bill 110 before the Senate Finance Committee

Budget Bites

Testimony on the Fair School Funding Plan and House Bill 110 Senate Finance Committee

Tidings of joy for 300,000 Ohioans?