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State policymakers should encourage public two-year institutions of higher education and other career and technical education institutions to help displaced workers complete

The Pell Grant program should be amended to improve access for older and displaced workers.

States should dedicate resources to foster local- and regional-level collaboration of job-training efforts among employers, workforce development centers, libraries, and edu

Part-time work should be fully recognized in publicly supported job-training programs.

Public retirement systems should establish a maximum vesting period of five years for DB plans and one year for employers’ matching contr

States and localities should move toward full funding of their retirement systems.

Policymakers should require employers to provide employees with predictable schedules.

All workers should have access to both employment protections and some benefits such as health and retirement.

Federal, state, and local policymakers should ensure the proper classification of workers.

Bans, including temporary ones, on the regulation of companies in the online gig economy (such as Uber) or on the application of existing employment laws to their practices