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Childcare workers could be one of the many who benefit most from a $15 minimum wage increase.

US Economy 2021: How A Minimum Wage Increase Could Benefit Childcare Workers 06/09/21 AT 6:58 PM While nearly 40 economies around the world have introduced leave or benefit policies to help parents with childcare, 100 do not have laws requiring men and women to receive equal pay for equal jobs, according to a 2021 World Bank report Photo: AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE A new report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI) revealed that the proposed raise in the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour would benefit 560,000 U.S. childcare workers. “Child-care workers deserve t...

Increasing Minimum Wage to $15 Would Raise Pay for Half a Million Child Care Workers, Report Finds On 6/9/21 at 11:48 AM EDT More than a half-million child care workers would see a pay raise if the minimum wage was increased to $15 per hour, according to a new report. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found that more 43.5 percent of child care workers, or 560,000 people, would benefit from the minimum wage being bumped to $15 per hour in the next four years. Roughly 95 percent of the child care workers who would get a pay raise are women, and 36 percent are Black or Hispanic. Black and Hisp...

Wage increases would primarily benefit women and minorities since 95% of child-care workers are women and 36% are Black or Hispanic.  EPI's latest research is based on proposed legislation, the 2021 Raise the Wage Act, which was re-introduced in the Senate by Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., earlier this year. The proposed bill would raise minimum wages from $7.25 to $15 per hour by 2025.  However, the bill currently only has a 1% chance of being enacted, Skopos Labs estimates. "Child-care workers deserve to be paid a wage that better reflects the value of their work and allows them to care for their...

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