Employment
Friday, September 7, 2007Grown in Government, Employment-StyleFiled As: EmploymentThe Arkansas Policy Foundation reports on the facts of employment growth in Arkansas. It isn't a pretty situation. The largest sector in the state is "Trade, Transportation and Utilities," with 250,700 jobs. The second? Government of all levels, at ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007Health Insurance vs. the Minimum WageFiled As: Employment, Health CareIt's the August recess for members of Congress. So everyone's life, liberty and property is temporarily safe. Well, almost everybody. Before they left town, this largely do-nothing Congress did one very bad thing... Read more: more »»
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007Georgia Should Move to Defined Contribution PensionsFiled As: Budget and Tax, EmploymentOn the editorial page of today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jim Wooten uses his column to expose another pension sweetheart deal and calls for ... more »»
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Thursday, June 28, 2007Retirement: Not What it Used to BeFiled As: Budget and Tax, EmploymentDo people who work for government "sacrifice" to serve the common good? Listen to this news from the Chickashaw News, of Oklahoma:
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Thursday, June 14, 2007If You Want it, You Must Ask FirstVictory for freedom of association, speech Filed As: Education (k-12), Employment, GeneralThe U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled that states may forbid unions from taking money without asking, at least from non-members who (still) have to pay a fee for collective bargaining expenses. more »»
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Saturday, May 19, 2007This Cries Out For National AttentionHow Illinois minimum wage hike Is killing government Contractors Filed As: Economic principles, EmploymentThis is just too ironic:"A Carlinville company has lost two large state contracts in the past year because Illinois law requires it to pay a higher minimum wage than successful ... more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Unleashing Capitalism in West VirginiaNew WV think tank publishes 237-page roadmap for prosperity Filed As: Budget and Tax, Economic principles, Employment, GeneralIn March, the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia published its first book, Unleashing Capitalism: Why Prosperity Stops at the West Virginia Border and How to Fix It. This 14 chapter, 237-page roadmap suggests specific free market policy reforms that would promote long-run economic growth ... more »»
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Monday, February 26, 2007If you want fewer jobs, tax incomeFiled As: Budget and Tax, EmploymentIf you want fewer jobs, tax income.That's one lesson that might be drawn from a research notes from the Arkansas Policy Foundation . In a short publication released this month, the Foundation compares the states on their record of job growth in ... more »»
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Monday, February 5, 2007Unpaid Medical Leave to Get More Expensive?Washington State Proposal: Paid Leave Filed As: Employment, Health CareIncrementalism is a key political tactic, and it's being used, once again, to promote a European-style social health and welfare system. In 1993, the Federal Leave and Medical Act (FMLA) inserted the federal government, once again, into the workplace. It requires "large" companies to ... more »»
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Thursday, January 11, 2007Opt-in or Opt-out for Political Dues?U.S. Supreme Court Heard Teacher Union Case this Week Filed As: Education (k-12), EmploymentCan a teacher in a government school be required to pay political dues to a teachers union--even if she is not a member of that union? The law in Washington state says yes, but this week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case ... more »»
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