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An Increased Burden: Too Expensive and Less Work
These regulations will also make doing business in any industry much more expensive. A study by the American Action Forum concluded that the new overtime rule would cost employers about $3 billion in compliance costs and nearly 2.5 million hours of paperwork related to the regulations.
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New York Tries to Regulate Home Sharing by Regulating Speech
Update: This article was originally published on June 23, 2016. Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill regulating short term rentals by banning the advertising…
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Promoting Economic Growth, One State Labor Law at a Time
In May, the U.S. economy added only 38,000 new jobs, the lowest amount added in the past five years. The release of this disappointing jobs report at the beginning…
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D.C. Residents Face Tougher Path to Employment as $15 Minimum Wage Proposal Passes
The recent push to raise minimum wage across the country has reached its boiling point in the District of Columbia. The proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 per…
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Walmart v. Visa, Is the Retailer’s Suit about Protecting Customers or Money?
Is Walmart’s most recent lawsuit against Visa all about “protecting customers’ bank accounts,” or is Walmart using customer security as a trump card to hide the lawsuit’s financial motivations?…
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Machines Invade the Labor Market
Last week, Wendy’s announced that self-service ordering kiosks will be made available to its more than 6,000 stores nationwide. Wendy’s is just the latest example of increasing automation in…
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The European Vision of Competition versus the American Vision of Competition in the Technology Space
The European Commission recently filed antitrust charges against Google. These charges illustrate the completely different approaches to technology, innovation and “competition policy” employed in Europe and the United States. They…
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An Open Letter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Regarding Automatic Withholding of Union Dues
The recent editorial by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch misleads the public on the importance of transparency in the payment of union dues. The bill in question, Missouri’s House Bill…
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Right-to-Work in 2016
Even before the third month of the year is finished, there have already been major victories for advocates of increased worker freedom. For the first time, a majority of U.S.
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Rationalize Maryland’s Regulatory Environment
For years, Maryland’s over-regulation has been hurting the state’s economy, stifling entrepreneurship and generally creating bureaucratic nightmares for…
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Oregon’s Minimum Wage Bill
With Governor Kate Brown’s signature, Oregon will likely soon rank as having the highest state-set minimum wage in the nation. Currently, the minimum wage in Oregon is $9.25 an…
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West Virginia Becomes the 26th Right-to-Work State
Today, the West Virginia Legislature overrode Governor Tomblin’s veto to enact the state’s Right-to-Work law, making West Virginia the 26th state in the nation to do so. Because West…