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Tell the USDA to withdraw its dangerous line speed proposal.
Read MoreWho are the Trump administration and Congress really fighting for?
Read MoreWhy Misclassification Matters on Tax Day
Read MoreWhy most jobless workers are not receiving unemployment insurance and what states can do about it.
Read MoreNELP and NILC have published a guide for employers on how they can prepare for immigration enforcement.
Read MoreThe tax burden may come as a huge shock to workers filing as independent contractors for the first time.
Posted April 13, 2018 Read MoreAnother example of the administration’s anti-immigrant, xenophobic agenda, built on fear-mongering and scapegoating.
Posted April 4, 2018 Read MoreWhat the new law protecting tips from employer theft means for workers.
Posted April 2, 2018 Read MoreThe law cannot be more clear: Tips belong to workers and no one else.
Posted March 21, 2018 Read MoreThe court’s faulty reasoning threatens the Labor Department’s very ability to protect retirement savers now and in the future.
Posted March 16, 2018 Read MoreWashington becomes the 11th state to adopt fair-chance reforms for the private sector.
Posted March 13, 2018 Read MoreThis bill will guarantee that workers get to keep the tips that they earn.
Posted March 7, 2018 Read MoreFloridians overwhelmingly believe that states blocking local workplace ordinances hurts local democracy.
Posted March 1, 2018 Read MoreMinnesota district court finds Minneapolis wage raise not in conflict with state law.
Posted February 28, 2018 Read MoreJanus is the latest attack on the freedom of working people to join together in strong unions.
Posted February 26, 2018 Read MoreFor now, the NLRB’s ‘Browning-Ferris’ decision outlining a stronger joint-employment standard stands.
Posted February 26, 2018 Read MoreKentucky HB2 would hurt Kentucky’s workers, their families, and their communities.
via Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, February 26, 2018 Read MoreOur analysis of California fair chance laws will help employers comply with the law and advance best practices.
Posted February 23, 2018 Read MoreJanus takes aim specifically at public employees and their unions, but we all have a stake in this fight.
via The Hill, February 23, 2018 Read MoreIt’s time for the Trump administration to ensure that irresponsible employers are not given federal contracts.
Posted February 13, 2018 Read MorePresident Trump’s proposed budget gives us a clear picture of what he and his administration value.
Posted February 12, 2018 Read MoreThe Labor Department has no excuse not to pull the proposal immediately.
via The Hill, February 6, 2018 Read MoreAlthough disappointing, the court’s order is not a license to discriminate against job-seekers with records. Title VII remains the law.
Posted February 5, 2018 Read MoreAmerica’s workers deserve good benefits to care for themselves and their family members—and to build and maintain a secure retirement.
Posted February 5, 2018 Read MoreNearly three million workers are seriously injured on the job every year.
More workers than ever are struggling to get by on low-wage jobs.
A conviction in one’s past shouldn’t be a life sentence to joblessness.
National Employment Law Project
75 Maiden Ln, #601 New York, NY 10038
F (212) 285-3044
U.S. Department of Labor
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