Bill Would Provide Greater Retirement Security for Workers at Kentucky Small Businesses
A concerning number of Americans are financially unprepared for retirement, and a contributing factor is that many lack a retirement plan...
Economic Security
Misclassification Harms State Budget as Well as Workers
House Bill 256 would help Kentucky workers as well as the state’s budget by cracking down on the growing problem of misclassification of workers as independent contractors, with a focus...
Map Shows How HB 374’s State EITC Would Help Working Families and Communities Across Kentucky
By closing several corporate tax loopholes, House Bill 374 would enable the state to invest in an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for Kentucky’s working families. The state EITC would...
Top 1 Percent of Kentuckians Continue to Capture Bulk of Income Gains in Recovery
Income inequality continues to widen in Kentucky and the nation through the recovery according to a new report released today by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Between 2009 and 2012...
Kentucky Workers Left Behind as Majority of States Lift the Wage Floor
As momentum to increase the minimum wage grows around the country, Kentucky’s $7.25 minimum puts the Commonwealth in the unfortunate minority of states that haven’t boosted workers’ pay above the...
Who Stands to Benefit from Louisville’s New Minimum Wage
An estimated 45,000 workers in Louisville/Jefferson County who would otherwise make less than $9 an hour will have higher wages once the new metro government minimum wage ordinance—the first such...
Kentuckians Will Benefit Under the President’s Immigration Action
President Obama’s announcement yesterday that nearly 5 million unauthorized immigrants will be eligible to receive a temporary stay and work permit is good news for Kentucky. By removing the fear...
Kentucky Workers’ Productivity Is Growing But Wages Are Not
A big reason many Kentucky workers' wages are stuck is that they've been left out of the gains from economic growth, which have been going in large part to those...
What the Research Says About Minimum Wage Increases
While Louisville considers whether to increase its minimum wage in the face of federal and state inaction, there’s no question that many thousands of low-wage workers stand to benefit. But...
Student Loan Default Rates Drop Nationally but Not in Kentucky
As described in a WFPL article published today, Kentucky’s federal student loan default rate is now the 4th- highest among the states. Also, while new data shows some improvement in...