Home Insights & Research Page 2 Insights & Research Dive deeper into the issues with our expert research and analyses. Featured Insights Policy & Data Brief AI is New. The Challenge of Mass Unemployment Isn’t. Fact Sheet Empowering App-Based Workers Act: Urgently Needed Legislation Fact Sheet Centering Job Quality for Workers with Records Policy & Data Brief Why Women Need a Stronger Unemployment Insurance System Search Filters Topic Type Language Series Date Fact Sheet Comprender sus derechos cuando se pierde la autorización para trabajar: preguntas frecuentes para trabajadores inmigrantes y defensores Respondemos a las preguntas frecuentes sobre los derechos de los trabajadores inmigrantes en caso de que pierdan su permiso de trabajo. December 22, 2025 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 Policy & Data Brief The Case for Private Enforcement of Workers’ Rights Aggrieved workers must be able to enforce their employment and labor rights in court. December 9, 2025 Comments & Letters Comment in Support of Extending Minimum Pay Standard to Grocery Delivery Workers NELP filed a comment in support of extending minimum pay requirements to grocery delivery workers in NYC. December 8, 2025 Policy & Data Brief Why Lawmakers Must Remove the Labor Dispute Disqualification from Unemployment Insurance This brief reviews how labor dispute disqualification came about in state Unemployment Insurance laws, and why it must go. December 4, 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 Amicus Brief Rivera Lujan v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit) NELP filed a brief in a lawsuit challenging an interim final rule that would exclude immigrants with certain visas from obtaining commercial driver's licenses. November 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 Testimony In Support of Int. No. 1332-2025: Wrongful Deactivation of App-Based Delivery Workers NELP's Dan Ocampo testified before the NYC Council in support of just cause protections for app-based delivery workers. September 12, 2025
Fact Sheet Comprender sus derechos cuando se pierde la autorización para trabajar: preguntas frecuentes para trabajadores inmigrantes y defensores Respondemos a las preguntas frecuentes sobre los derechos de los trabajadores inmigrantes en caso de que pierdan su permiso de trabajo. December 22, 2025
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
Policy & Data Brief The Case for Private Enforcement of Workers’ Rights Aggrieved workers must be able to enforce their employment and labor rights in court. December 9, 2025
Comments & Letters Comment in Support of Extending Minimum Pay Standard to Grocery Delivery Workers NELP filed a comment in support of extending minimum pay requirements to grocery delivery workers in NYC. December 8, 2025
Policy & Data Brief Why Lawmakers Must Remove the Labor Dispute Disqualification from Unemployment Insurance This brief reviews how labor dispute disqualification came about in state Unemployment Insurance laws, and why it must go. December 4, 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
Amicus Brief Rivera Lujan v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit) NELP filed a brief in a lawsuit challenging an interim final rule that would exclude immigrants with certain visas from obtaining commercial driver's licenses. November 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
Testimony In Support of Int. No. 1332-2025: Wrongful Deactivation of App-Based Delivery Workers NELP's Dan Ocampo testified before the NYC Council in support of just cause protections for app-based delivery workers. September 12, 2025
