The Initial Nonprofit Exposure and Response to Seattle's Minimum Wage Ordinance.

ABSTRACT: Nearly 40 local governments adopted minimum wage rates higher than the federal minimum in the last decade. Research on such laws focuses on employment and price adjustments of for-profit firms. Higher minimum wage rates, however, may pose unique challenges to community-based nonprofit organizations, many of which serve vulnerable communities and have limited ability to modify business practices. We use survey and in-depth interview data with more than 125 nonprofit executives to explore how nonprofit organizations were exposed to, understood, and responded to the initial phase-in of Seattle's $15 minimum wage ordinance. Although most nonprofits with low-wage workers do not report substantial programmatic changes in response to the minimum wage, we do find evidence nonprofits are pursuing s

SUBMITTER: Allard SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8055471 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature