On October 10, 2023, Sally Dworak-Fisher testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in opposition to H. 1848.
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.
When workers lose a job, unemployment insurance provides crucial economic security. However, the overwhelming majority of jobless workers do not get benefits.
In recent years, corporations have vastly expanded automated or electronic surveillance of workers and reliance on data-driven or algorithmic management.