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Ohio working families pay the cost of legislative inaction - Policy Matters Ohio (opens the original)
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Ohio workers produce the wealth that powers the state’s economy, but legislators make policy primarily to benefit corporations and the well-connected wealthy. As a result, too many Ohioans cannot afford the basics, recover from economic shocks, secure childcare, or take time away from work to care for themselves or their families. Policy Matters Ohio’s annual Labor Day report, the State of Working Ohio, finds that these challenges are not inevitable. They stem from decades of policy choices that
State of Working Ohio 2026: Childcare - Policy Matters Ohio (opens the original)
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Part 4 of our 2026 State of Working Ohio report. Childcare is vital infrastructure. It allows parents to participate in the workforce and higher education, supports healthy child development, and enables employers to recruit and train workers. Yet Ohio’s policymakers continue to underfund care, restrict access for families, and undervalue the early childhood educators that provide care. Ohio’s childcare crisis is the direct result of policy choices made by legislators and other policymakers.[138
State of Working Ohio 2026: Minimum wage - Policy Matters Ohio (opens the original)
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Part 1 of our 2026 State of Working Ohio report. Less than 90 years ago, after years of effort from workers, unions, civil rights activists, and President Franklin Roosevelt, workers received a guaranteed minimum wage through the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).[1] In a speech to Congress five years preceding the bill,[2] FDR said, No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By ‘business’ I mean the whole of c
State of Working Ohio 2026: Median wage - Policy Matters Ohio (opens the original)
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Part 2 of our 2026 State of Working Ohio report. The median wage is in the exact middle of the pay scale: Half of all workers are paid more, and half are paid less. It’s commonly considered the wage of a “typical” worker. A drop in the median wage is evidence that a broad range of workers are facing economic losses. The median wage in Ohio decreased between 2024 and 2025, falling from an inflation-adjusted $25.44 to $24.90.[53] This was against the trend of the state and nation, which have seen
State of Working Ohio 2026: Unemployment Compensation - Policy Matters Ohio (opens the original)
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Part 3 of our 2026 State of Working Ohio report. Workers and businesses alike have an interest in strengthening Ohio’s unemployment compensation (UC) system. When properly funded and adequately staffed, the UC system allows jobless Ohioans to find jobs that match their skills and allows employers to find workers that fit their needs. But when legislators fail to maintain the UC fund, the consequences can be disastrous. In 2020, Ohio’s UC fund went broke. Legislators had neglected the fund for de
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