Annual job growth in Ohio is slowing. According to seasonally adjusted December data, released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), the state added just 38,500 in 2017. This is 11,200 fewer jobs than in 2016. The state is growing at half the national job growth
By Zach Schiller and Hannah Halbert Good morning, Chairman Blessing, Ranking Member Clyde and members of the committee. My name is Hannah Halbert. I am a researcher at Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission of creating a more prosperous, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio. Thank you
Ohio’s proposed fix to its unemployment compensation system needs more work, Policy Matters Ohio testified today. House Bill 382 is an improvement over earlier attempts to bolster the system’s solvency but the legislation still requires too many cuts to worker benefits. Researcher Hannah Halbert told the House Government Oversight and
Despite campaign promises made by President Donald Trump to bring back manufacturing, construction, and mining and logging jobs, Ohio still has not seen robust job growth in these sectors. Rather, the state had 2,400 fewer blue collar jobs in September than it did at the end of January 2017. Between
Ohio lost jobs in November (-5,600) and October (-1,200), according to new seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). That helped erase earlier growth and means Ohio had fewer jobs in November than it did in July. The state has made two
December 7, 2017 Representative Kirk Schuring, District 48 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Dear Rep. Schuring: Thanks for the time you have taken trying to find a way to make Ohio’s unemployment compensation system solvent. As you know, we testified earlier (see https://policymattersohio.org/files/research/110117hb382testimony.pdf) and continue to
For more than three years, state lawmakers have searched for ways to make Ohio’s unemployment compensation system more solvent. Next week, an Ohio House committee may take action on a bill with vague and incomplete provisions. The committee is poised to vote on amended House Bill 382, which will likely
Introduction Promoters of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) promised that free trade would lead to shared economic expansion, a “rising tide to lift all boats.” President Clinton said NAFTA would bring the U.S. wage growth and 200,000 more jobs.[1] Instead, NAFTA cost the U.S. an estimated 683,000 jobs
Between 2001 and 2015, 124,000 Ohio workers received federal assistance after losing their jobs due to trade agreements with other nations. During that time, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that Ohio lost nearly as many — 121,500 — jobs to the trade deficit with China alone. In a new report,
Military veterans are vulnerable to predatory recruitment by for-profit career colleges. In many cases, for-profit career colleges see them as “dollar signs in uniform,” according to a 2011 report by assistant director for service member affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Holly Petraeus. U.S. Department of Agriculture A loophole
New data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) confirm that Ohio’s big job gain in September was a blip. Data revisions erased all but 100 of the 10,500 new jobs the state had reported that month. In October, the state added a very modest
New data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) confirm that Ohio’s big job gain in September was a blip. Data revisions erased all but 100 of the 10,500 new jobs the state had reported that month. In October, the state added a very modest
