Publications and Toolkits

Corporate Voices for Working Families has released its 2009 Employer Guide, which provides companies with the tools to help employees take advantage of tax credits and other benefits. The guide provides detailed information about the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid and other benefits.

This Employer Guide was made possible through the generous support of the Annie E. Casey, Ford and Hitachi Foundations. 

The 2009 EITC Toolkit also includes:

Corporate Voices for Working Families has released its 2008 Employer Guide, which provides companies with the tools to  help employees take advantage of tax credits and other federal benefits. The guide provides detailed information about the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid and other federal benefits.

Factsheet outlining the Workplace Lactation Program.  December 2008.

A comprehensive guide on informing employees about tax benefits and credits they are eligible for.

Research shows that, for a variety of reasons, lower wage workers generally have less access to voluntary flexibility than higher wage workers. But when it is available to them, flexibility can have equal or even more powerful outcomes for the lower wage population.

This toolkit is a resource to help companies make informed decisions about supporting hourly employees with programs that reward their contributions. By implementing these programs you will demonstrate the importance of your hourly employees to your company’s success and also help them with financial and family issues that affect their ability to perform optimally on the job.

Collaborations between the corporate and non-profit sectors are burgeoning because innovative business and non-profit leaders understand that a strong cross-sector partnership enables both partners to advance important goals that they cannot readily advance alone.

One of the major trends in the American labor market is the increased and increasing numbers of jobs in our economy that are low-wage. Between 2002 and 2012, the Labor Department expects the economy to create more than 7.5 million new jobs, however, almost six million of these jobs will be low-wage jobs that require limited education and provide minimal training.