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 Ohio workers. Ohio workers have lost more than $85 million in wages since President Trump
Ohio added 3,700 jobs in August, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). For the third month in a row monthly job growth is due to data revisions. Today’s numbers show there were 5,000 fewer jobs in July than initially
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 Matters Ohio. Ohio’s Department of Higher Education set the goal that by 2025, 65% of
Yesterday the Census Bureau released the Current Population Survey (CPS) 2018 national income and poverty estimates, along with data from the Supplemental Poverty Measure, and limited state-level health insurance data from the American Community Survey (ACS). This gives us a peek at how the economy is really performing – beyond
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 claimed under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and brought to the U.S. Department
By William Vidmar and Hannah Halbert Everyone who works deserves a fair wage for all their hours on the job. But about 217,000 times each year, an employer pays an Ohio worker less than the minimum wage. These violations alone cost Ohio workers an estimated $600 million – about $2,800
Ohio added 4,500 jobs in July according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), but this growth is largely due to data revisions. June’s job gain of 1,500 jobs was revised and now shows a loss of more than 900 jobs.
Ohio’s unemployment rate of 4% is the lowest it has been since 2001. Since the Great Recession ended 10 years ago last month, Ohio has added more than 539,000 jobs. That’s enough to replace the jobs lost to the recession but not enough to keep up with population growth. Nevertheless,
The Act would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 Today, for the first time in over a decade, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, index the wage to inflation, and to eliminate the sub-minimum wage
May was a challenging month for job growth across the nation with a gain of only 75,000 jobs. Ohio was not spared. The state lost 3,900 in May. Small gains in production work did not offset losses in education, health care, finance, and other service sector jobs, according to seasonally
April was a big month for national job growth with a gain of more than 263,000 jobs. Unfortunately, this was not reflected in Ohio’s job numbers. Seasonally adjusted jobs data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show Ohio gained just 1,400 jobs in April. This
In total, Columbus schools will lose an estimated $35.5 million over 15 years due to a generous tax abatement package the city is awarding to software company, CoverMyMeds, according to Policy Matters Ohio. Tax abatements, a central part of state and local economic development strategy, eliminate all or part of
