Employer Best Practices: Policies to Support Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Read the new guide developed with the National Partnership for Women & Families.

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COVID-19 Resources for Unemployed and Frontline Workers

Learn about the resources and benefits available to unemployed and frontline workers impacted by the COVID-19.

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#ProtectAllWorkers

Tell your Rep/Sens. to call on Labor Secretary Scalia to issue an OSHA emergency temporary standard

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Amazon’s Disposable Workers: High Injury and Turnover Rates at Fulfillment Centers in California

The troubling picture of Amazon’s business model seems to show the company views its workers as disposable.

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My Vision for Justice

Executive Director, Rebecca Dixon, shares her vision for NELP’s contribution to our movement.

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Fighting Wage Preemption: Restoring Local Democracy and Workers’ Hard-Won Wages

Workers are losing billions of dollars every year because their state legislatures blocked local raises.

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Guide Helps Employers Respond to Immigration Action

NELP and NILC have published a guide for employers on how they can prepare for immigration enforcement.

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As States Rush to Reopen, 224 Groups Urge USDOL to Clarify Misleading Guidance on Workers’ Right to Unemployment When Refusing to Return to Dangerous Workplaces

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President Trump’s Meatpacking Plant Executive Order Puts Thousands of Workers’ Lives at Risk

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Report: Number of Federal Workplace Safety Inspectors Falls to 45-Year Low

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Unemployment benefit amounts must be high enough to sustain workers in this crisis

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On Trump Administration’s Proclamation Temporarily Suspending Immigration  

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Report: Today’s Unemployment Insurance Crisis and How We Got Here

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Videos

Webinar: COVID-19 Resources for Unemployed and Frontline Workers

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CDC’s Latest Guidance Weakens Protections for Essential Workers

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COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance: An Interview with Rebecca Dixon

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C-SPAN Video: Employment Assistance & Coronavirus Pandemic

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How To Improve the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Application Process

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Grocery Store Workers Need Frontline Protections

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On the Unemployment Weekly Claims Report for April 2, 2020

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Worker Health Is Public Health

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Guest Blog: To Protect the Public, Lawmakers Must Help Keep Healthcare Workers Safe

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News Releases

New York’s Highest Court Rules Postmates Couriers ‘And Others Similarly Situated’ Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Insurance

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NELP Commends Relief for Workers in Coronavirus Package, Calls for More to Be Done

NELP commends the workers, advocates, and legislators who secured this support, and we call for more to be done.

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We Need a Czar to Protect Health Care Workers

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On Senator Bennet’s Unemployment Insurance Reform Legislation

Unemployment insurance must be strengthened to help all workers who have suffered job loss.

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Unemployment Insurance Was Crucial to Workers and the Economy in the Last Recession

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COVID-19 Resources for Unemployed and Frontline Workers

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Featured Publications

Data Brief

Protecting Worker Safety & Health in the COVID Crisis: A State & Local Model Policy Response

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Worker Safety & Health During COVID-19 Pandemic: Rights & Resources

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Fact Sheet

Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

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Policy Brief

Independent Contractors and COVID-19: Working Without Protections

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Building Safe and Healthy Workplaces for Every Worker in America

Nearly three million workers are seriously injured on the job every year.

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Raising the Minimum Wage

More workers than ever are struggling to get by on low-wage jobs.

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Ensuring People with Convictions Have a Fair Chance to Work

A conviction in one’s past shouldn’t be a life sentence to joblessness.

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Are the Trump Administration and Congress Really "Putting Workers First?”

See our new resource page tracking day-to-day developments on worker issues under the current administration and Congress.

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