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Global anti-poverty nonprofit Oxfam released its 2019 index for the worst states to work in.
The organization ranked states based on their minimum wage, policies that protect workers from discrimination, and how much they allow for unionization.
Virginia ranked last. Mississippi, the second worst state to work in, does not mandate equal pay across gender and race.
Oxfam, a global nonprofit group that aims to reduce poverty, recently released its 2019 index on the best and worst states to work in.
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The organization ranked states based on three main criteria:
1. Wage policies: how close state minimum wages are close to the livable wage 2. Worker protection policies: how much the state protects employees from discrimination 3. "Right to organize" policies: whether workers have the right to organize and sustain a trade union
Georgia, for instance, does not provide employees some sort of paid sick leave or paid family leave. Mississippi does not mandate equal pay across gender and race.
