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Stacy Lightfoot Named UTC Vice Chancellor For Diversity And Engagement Monday, May 3, 2021 Stacy Goodwin Lightfoot, an experienced professional with a history of working in education reform, has been appointed the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s first vice chancellor for diversity and engagement. She will join UTC effective July 1. Ms. Lightfoot comes to UTC after spending the last 12 years with the Public Education Foundation (PEF), most recently as the organization’s executive vice president. “Stacy Lightfoot rose to the top of a strong, competitive candidate pool in a national search and is the right choice for this cabinet-level position,” UTC Chancellor Steven Angle said.
Friday, April 30, 2021
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iden Releases American Families Plan. This week, the White House released an outline of its American Families Plan, which is being touted as the second phase of the administration’s infrastructure proposal (dubbed the “American Jobs Plan”). The American Families Plan would invest $1.8 trillion in education (including training for teachers), federal nutrition programs, childcare, and extending tax credits. Like the infrastructure proposal, the American Families Plan is not a bill (yet), but will rather serve as a first step in what is sure to be a lengthy legislative process. Here are some of its highlights:
Education. The administration proposes allotting $309 billion to fund free universal pre-school for three and four year olds, and two years of free community college.
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Stay tuned for Franczek’ s comprehensive recap of the Biden administration’s labor and employment initiatives of the first 100 days in office that will impact employers.
In the final week of first 100 days of, the Biden administration, significant labor and employment activity includes a Department of Labor (“DOL”) official and two judicial nominations sent to the Senate, a push from the DOL Wage and Hour Division for the expanded enforcement, a call to employers to provide paid time off for employees to get vaccinated, and the White House’s release of fact sheets signaling the administration’s strong support for union-friendly policy initiatives.
The Future of Worker Financial Security: The Nexus of Work and Benefits
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In the United States, a dominant narrative that having a job equals financial security persists, yet the majority of workers in America have jobs that do not allow them to achieve financial security. In fact, many workers lack benefits, have low earnings, and live in poverty. The type of job matters: workers with full-time, permanent positions and more robust packages of benefits do better than those without access to those options.
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Aspen Institute Financial Security Program explains how work arrangements relate to worker benefit provisions, and how both work and benefits together determine if workers will have a reasonable shot at financial security. The research explores why there are persistent disparities in financial security outcomes for low- and moderate-income (LMI) workers, especially Black and