Home Insights & Research Insights & Research Dive deeper into the issues with our expert research and analyses. Featured Insights Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 Fact Sheet Towards Transparency and Accountability in App-Based Work Report When ‘Bossware’ Manages Workers: A Policy Agenda to Stop Digital Surveillance and Automated-Decision-System Abuses Report The Unemployed Worker Study Search Filters Topic Type Language Series Date Policy & Data Brief NELP’s New York City Worker Justice Agenda How the Mamdani administration and the next City Council can tackle the affordability crisis with good jobs that help New Yorkers thrive. December 11, 2025 Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 68 cities, counties, and states will raise minimum wages on Jan. 1, with 26 more lifting pay later in 2026. December 3, 2025 Policy & Data Brief The Case for Eliminating the Subminimum Tipped Wage in Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe's mayor proposes raising the city's wage floor from $15 to $17.50 by 2027, but the proposal leaves tipped workers behind. October 15, 2025 Testimony In Opposition to Proposed Cuts or Delays to Minimum Wage Increases in Boulder County, Colorado NELP's Yannet Lathrop testified in opposition to proposed cuts or to minimum wage increases in Boulder County, Colorado. October 14, 2025 Amicus Brief Assurecare Adult Home v. Bolina (Supreme Court of Washington State) NELP and partners urged the court to strike down the exclusion of live-in home care workers from the state's minimum wage protections. July 31, 2025 Fact Sheet Minimum Wage Basics: Local Minimum Wage Laws NELP’s Minimum Wage Basics series sheds light on key issues related to the minimum wage, drawing on the latest research and campaign developments. July 2, 2025 Comments & Letters Letter in Support of AB 248, Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers in California NELP supports California legislation to allow counties to pay incarcerated workers fairly for their work. June 3, 2025 Testimony In Opposition to a Bill to Cut Tipped Workers’ Wage in Colorado Localities On February 20, 2025, Yannet Lathrop testified before a Colorado General Assembly committee to oppose a bill to slash tipped workers' base wage. February 20, 2025 Comments & Letters Letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Efforts to Lower Tipped Workers’ Wages A bill before the governor would cut the wages of nearly 139,000 tipped workers in Michigan. February 18, 2025 Fact Sheet Why New York City Needs a Higher City Minimum Wage New York City's cost of living surpasses the state's minimum wage. February 12, 2025
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Policy & Data Brief NELP’s New York City Worker Justice Agenda How the Mamdani administration and the next City Council can tackle the affordability crisis with good jobs that help New Yorkers thrive. December 11, 2025
Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 68 cities, counties, and states will raise minimum wages on Jan. 1, with 26 more lifting pay later in 2026. December 3, 2025
Policy & Data Brief The Case for Eliminating the Subminimum Tipped Wage in Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe's mayor proposes raising the city's wage floor from $15 to $17.50 by 2027, but the proposal leaves tipped workers behind. October 15, 2025
Testimony In Opposition to Proposed Cuts or Delays to Minimum Wage Increases in Boulder County, Colorado NELP's Yannet Lathrop testified in opposition to proposed cuts or to minimum wage increases in Boulder County, Colorado. October 14, 2025
Amicus Brief Assurecare Adult Home v. Bolina (Supreme Court of Washington State) NELP and partners urged the court to strike down the exclusion of live-in home care workers from the state's minimum wage protections. July 31, 2025
Fact Sheet Minimum Wage Basics: Local Minimum Wage Laws NELP’s Minimum Wage Basics series sheds light on key issues related to the minimum wage, drawing on the latest research and campaign developments. July 2, 2025
Comments & Letters Letter in Support of AB 248, Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers in California NELP supports California legislation to allow counties to pay incarcerated workers fairly for their work. June 3, 2025
Testimony In Opposition to a Bill to Cut Tipped Workers’ Wage in Colorado Localities On February 20, 2025, Yannet Lathrop testified before a Colorado General Assembly committee to oppose a bill to slash tipped workers' base wage. February 20, 2025
Comments & Letters Letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Efforts to Lower Tipped Workers’ Wages A bill before the governor would cut the wages of nearly 139,000 tipped workers in Michigan. February 18, 2025
Fact Sheet Why New York City Needs a Higher City Minimum Wage New York City's cost of living surpasses the state's minimum wage. February 12, 2025
