A Good Living: Amazon Can and Must Make a Middle-Income Livelihood Possible for the People Who Work in Its Warehouses

This report includes recommendations to ensure Amazon lives up to its promise of being a leader in worker compensation.

Unemployment Insurance Had Less Capacity to Cut Poverty in 2022

Despite rollbacks in benefits and eligibility, unemployment benefits kept more than 400,000 people out of poverty in 2022.

Unemployment Insurance for Striking Workers Helps California’s Families, Communities, and Economy

Why the U.S. Needs at Least a $17 Minimum Wage

This article shows how the Raise the Wage Act would benefit U.S. workers, their families, and entire communities.

Comments to the DOL: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

NELP supports the proposed revision to the US DOL Wage and Hour Division’s guidance on who is covered employee and who is an independent contractor under the FLSA.

Why is Expanding Unemployment Insurance Eligibility a Racial, Gender, and Disability Justice Imperative?

When workers lose a job, unemployment insurance provides crucial economic security. However, the overwhelming majority of jobless workers do not get benefits.

Workers Lose Billions in Unpaid Wages Every Year

The failure to enforce wage laws creates economic insecurity for workers and encourages dishonest employers to continue their illegal wage practices.

Comments in Response to Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

In recent years, corporations have vastly expanded automated or electronic surveillance of workers and reliance on data-driven or algorithmic management.

In Support of Expanding Worker Coverage Under the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act in New York City

On June 20, 2023, Daniel Ocampo testified before the New York City Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor in support of Int. No. 617.

Federal Standards Needed to Provide Equitable Access to Unemployment Insurance

This report explains how revised federal performance standards can be a powerful tool for increasing equitable access to unemployment insurance benefits.