While many immigrants toil in the low-wage service and manufacturing economy, the specific workplace injustices and methods of exploitation differ with each industry.  Successful advocacy strategies and solutions must address the particularities of different workforces.  NELP assists offers legal support to organizers and advocates in efforts to improve working conditions in particular industries such as day labor and domestic work.

Day Laborers
Generally hired for the duration of a particular job, immigrant day laborers are employed in landscaping, construction, manufacturing and the service sectors.  Day laborers obtain work through a variety of means.  Some day laborers follow the long tradition of assembling at an informal "shape-up" site to negotiate work with employers.  Temporary employment agencies are also serving as corporate intermediaries between day laborers and third party employers seeking to cut costs.  Regardless of how the work obtained, day laborers offer employers a flexible labor source, yet are frequently subject to egregious employment law violations.  This section offers resources and materials legislative reform efforts seeking to improve the working conditions of day laborers and fact sheets on the workplace rights of day laborers.

Domestic Workers
Domestic workers cook, clean, take care of children and perform the myriad other tasks that allow others to enjoy lives outside of the home.  Despite the common misperception that domestic workers somehow fall outside of the protections of employment laws, domestic workers regardless of immigration status have the right to earn at least the minimum wage and are covered by overtime laws.