Jobs and Wages

Last week, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) unveiled a proposal to set the overtime salary threshold, beneath which almost all workers are entitled to overtime pay, at $679 per week, or $35,308 for a full-year worker starting in 2020.

The Minimum Wage Is Rising in Our Region—Except in Pennsylvania

This policy watch examines the recent growth in the minimum wage, average weekly wages, and employment in Pennsylvania and across Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and West Virginia. 

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MEMO

To: Editorial Page Editors, Editorial Board Members, Columnists, and Other Interested Parties

From: Stephen Herzenberg, Executive Director, Keystone Research Center

Date: January 2, 2019

Re: 2019 Minimum Wage Hikes Raise Pay for Millions of US Workers—But Not in PA; New Legislature Must Change That

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My name is Mark Price and I hold a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Utah. I am a Labor Economist at the Keystone Research Center (KRC), a non-partisan economic think tank based in Harrisburg. I’m submitting to council this testimony in support of Bill #180846 which would gradually phase in a minimum wage of $15 an hour for employees of city contractors.  

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