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Unemployment Benefits Kept 400,000 People Out of Poverty In 2022

New analysis from NELP highlights impact of unemployment system despite downgraded capacity.

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August Jobs Report: As Job Growth Slows, Consider Workers Not Counted in the Unemployment Rate

Many incarcerated people are working during their sentences, but their labor doesn’t qualify them for unemployment benefits.

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July Jobs Report: As Job Growth Slows, Policymakers Must Strengthen Unemployment Insurance

“For a worker who suddenly loses their job, unemployment can be a catastrophe.”

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Temp Workers Score Another Victory in Illinois!

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NELP Applauds Legislation to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage

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June Jobs Report: Policymakers Must Focus on Black Workers’ Unemployment

Black workers are often impacted first and worst when job growth slows, forecasting the dangers that other workers will confront.

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On the Supreme Court Striking Down Affirmative Action in Education

This conservative Court refuses to see that racial segregation is alive and well in our schools, workplaces, and institutions.

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California Should Fix Unemployment Insurance to Include Presently Excluded Immigrant Workers

California should provide economic support to workers who become unemployed, regardless of their immigration status.

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On Bipartisan Legislation to Extend Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Application Deadline

The bill gives people who lose work because of a natural disaster more time to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

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Statement from the National Employment Law Project on the Passing of our Dear Friend and Colleague, Dr. William E. Spriggs 

  Dr. William E. Spriggs, Photo Credit: AFL-CIO The entire staff and board of the National Employment Law Project (NELP)(…)

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May Jobs Report: Despite Strong Job Growth, Labor Market Weakens for Black Workers

Workers are demanding that policymakers take action to support people pushed out of work before wider layoffs begin to mount.

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On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters

NELP believes in workers’ right to strike as a fundamental democratic principle.

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NELP Urges Caution on Portable Benefits Pilot Program Legislation

Such programs must promote worker mobility and strengthen economic security and not weaken existing labor rights.

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April Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows Just as Black Workers See More Gains

It’s an affront to workers that the Federal Reserve continues raising interest rates, threatening to throw the economy into recession.

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New Jersey’s Temp Workers Win!

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March Jobs Report: Many Jobless Workers Excluded from Unemployment Insurance

Congress must act to build an unemployment insurance system that will support all workers at all times.

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POWER ACT Would Strengthen Immigrant Worker Power & Raise Workplace Standards for All Workers

The bill would ensure that immigrant workers can assert their workplace rights without fear of immigration-based retaliation.

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February Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows, Unemployment Edges Up

5.9 million workers were unemployed in February, an increase of 242,000 from the prior month.

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On the Nomination of Julie Su for U.S. Labor Secretary

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January Jobs Report: Many Workers Remain Uneasy Despite Strong Job Growth

A concerning new trend is the increase in the percentage of workers reporting that they worked multiple jobs.