Employment

Pecan thieves have allegedly moved in from New Mexico and are stealing from orchards. Licensing pecan buyers is this bill's solution.

Overly broad morals clauses can create a barrier to gainful employment.

The bill would require art therapists to have a master’s degree in art therapy and a thousand hours of clinical training.

The Trump administration is appealing rulings by a federal court that have blocked the implementation of Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and found a similar program already in place in Arkansas violates federal law.

A number of New Mexico counties adopted right-to-work ordinances, then the Legislature stepped in.

Tax Cuts Boost the Growth Rate of the U.S. Economy

The minimum wage in New York City rose to $15 an hour on January 1, 2019

“Job loss is the number one unintended impact of minimum wage increases"

Michigan public-sector employees are opting out of union membership

Every occupational license in Ohio will be put on a six-year clock for review and potential elimination under a bill passed by the legislature in December 2018.

Unions and their congressional allies seek to reverse reforms of labor regulations.

SCOTUS asks lower court to consider whether its Janus decision applies to legal bar association dues.

The Institute for Justice finds licensing barriers may cost the national economy more than 1.8 million jobs.

Proposed rule focuses on tightening loopholes in SNAP’s work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents

State laws fail to consider ability to pay

Unemployment declines to the lowest level since 1969

Must accept out-of-state licenses, military training, or work experience

The New Jersey General Assembly approved Gov. Phil Murphy’s substitute proposal for regulating African hair-braiding licensing after Murphy conditionally vetoed a bill that would have exempted hair braiders from the state’s regulations.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance is considering a bill that would penalize business owners for hiring employees using federal entitlement programs, by increasing the corporate tax rate paid by owners.

The Michigan Legislature approved Legislative Initiated Petition 3, an indirect initiated state statute that will gradually increase the state’s minimum wage over the next four years.

The cost of some local and state government construction projects in Missouri will decrease now that Gov. Michael Parson has signed a bill reforming the state’s prevailing-wage law.

Voters in Missouri repealed a state law prohibiting forced union membership, preventing the law from going into effect nearly a year and a half after it was signed.

New York state Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D¬¬¬–Manhattan) announced he will sponsor a bill to allow public-sector unions in the state to receive taxpayer funding to reimburse the costs of collective bargaining and contract administration.

Voters in Mountain View, California will consider whether to increase the local business license tax in this November’s election.