Number of Ohioans passing high school equivalency exam plummets after private company takes over.
In a blog posted last week on the National Employment Law Project’s website, my colleague Claire McKenna and I featured the latest data regarding recipiency rates, which measure the share of jobless workers receiving unemployment benefits. In 2015, only 27 of 100 jobless U.S. workers got unemployment compensation benefits, repeating
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… The not-so-kid-friendly budget – Ohio increased its investment in early childhood education and childcare in the new budget, but the state still is far behind where it needs to be. Children of low-income families here are less likely to be enrolled in
City ordinance will protect workers from employers that violate wage and hour laws.
Ohio is behind most states on funding preschool and childcare.
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… #Nation’sWorst – Research Director Zach Schiller exposed an egregious assault on unemployment compensation that would make Ohio’s system one of the worst in the country in many ways, slashing benefits, hacking eligibility, and cutting employer taxes. Zach’s and researcher Hannah Halbert’s dogged
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Premiums and penalties sought by lawmakers would undermine public health goals.
Amended legislation would slash benefits and fails to achieve solvency goals.
State budget recovers, but prioritizing tax cuts has hampered opportunity and growth.
States should focus workforce-development plans on employers that meet high standards for managing their labor force.
Bipartisan agreement saves credits that will help 407,000 Ohio families make ends meet.
