Strengthening overtime rules at the municipal level could protect populations or employees who are not currently eligible for overtime pay from working long hours without compensation. Currently, the State of Massachusetts does not require overtime paymen URL: Visit resource Date … Continued
Providing workers with advanced notice of schedules and the choice to decline unscheduled hours that conflict with other obligations is a way to support a healthy workforce . To increase the predictability of scheduling, policymakers at the state and loca … Continued
Flexible scheduling practices give workers more control over the schedules and increase their work predictability. Some best practices include incorporating self-scheduling, flexible hours, and compressed work weeks. Additionally, state and local policyma URL: Visit resource Date Reviewed: 12/20/2023
Paid family leave offers workers paid time off when they are dealing with a serious health issue for an extended period of time, helping another family member with a medical condition, or have or adopt a new child. While employers … Continued
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
Bridge programs and career pathway programs provide a way for at-risk youth or unemployed or hard-to-employ adults (e.g., low-skilled adults) to gain the skills and industry-specific knowledge needed for additional education or employment . Such skills may include basic reading, … Continued
