Employers are not always required to provide paid sick leave to their employees. As a result, employees—particularly low-wage employees—are hesitant to take time off to deal with health issues out of fear of losing pay. Employers and municipalities alike URL: … Continued
Local governments can increase the minimum wage or establish living wage ordinances. States and municipalities have increasingly adopted a higher minimum wage than the federal minimum wage . Further, adjusting the minimum wage to changes in the median wag URL: … Continued
To reduce wage discrimination—which, for example, lead to wage gaps across gender and race and ethnicity—employers should consider implementing a pay transparency policy. Effective pay transparency policies provide employees with access to information abo URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: 12/20/2023
The costs of childcare and eldercare are rising. This has placed an unfair burden on working families, especially working mothers, who have to balance the demands of caregiving with providing income. Employers can help by offering subsidies to help pay … Continued
People with severe disabilities are often able to enter the workforce through supported employment. Through supported employment opportunities, people who, for example, suffer from mental illness, have a team of vocational specialists and mental health wo URL: Visit resource Date … Continued
Currently, many employers require job candidates to check a box about whether they have been arrested, convicted, or incarcerated . This practice makes it difficult for previously incarcerated individuals to find employment. What’s more, due to discrimina URL: Visit resource … Continued
High quality reentry programs for the formerly incarcerated can help support employment for this population. These programs focus on job retention, coordinate employment and criminal justice commitments, develop a network of potential employers, and are s URL: Visit resource Date … Continued
Many employers check credit histories of job candidates. For jobs that require finance skills, this practice may be useful, but for jobs that do not require a finance background, credit history checks can be harmful for lower-income or at-risk populations … Continued
To increase employment opportunities for communities of color, women, and local businesses, private employers and public agencies alike can expand contracting jobs to minority-, women-, or locally-owned businesses . At the municipal level, encouraging pol URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: … Continued
Community Benefits Agreements are generally used to ensure that plans for new real estate development also provide amenities for the surrounding community. To increase employment opportunities, Community Benefits Agreements should more frequently include URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: 12/20/2023
