Michael Reich

A study from the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics by Michael Reich and Jesse Wursten found that minimum wage increases do not lead to disemployment in small businesses.

A policy brief by UC Berkeley professor Michael Reich found that the Living Wage Act, or LWA, would allow pay increases for millions of California workers.

A new study authored by UC Berkeley researchers has linked increases in minimum wage and earned income tax credit with a reduction in suicide mortalities.

The study was conducted by economists Sylvia Allegretto, Anna Godoey, Michael Reich and Carl Nadler through the campus’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. It is one of the first studies to look at employment effects of minimum wages above $10, according to Nadler.

Seattle’s rising minimum wage has not affected employment rates, according to a UC Berkeley study released Tuesday by the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.

A report conducted at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment found that the benefits of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour will outweigh the costs, even within less affluent areas.

The Department of Labor ruled Wednesday that UC postdoctoral scholars making less than $47,476 are now qualified for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, with the ruling coming despite a petition from the University of California to exempt them from the act.

UC Berkeley researchers say that San Francisco’s proposed minimum wage increase would raise the salaries of almost a quarter of the city’s population by the time it reaches $15 an hour in 2018.

The Berkeley Commission on Labor is considering whether or not to recommend raising the minimum wage in Berkeley to the City Council, from $8 to $10.55 an hour.