Home Insights & Research Page 27 Insights & Research Dive deeper into the issues with our expert research and analyses. Featured Insights Policy & Data Brief 2025 NELP Policy and Advocacy Agenda Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2025 Policy & Data Brief Quick Fixes to Lock in Wins for Workers: How States Can Preserve New Federal Protections Report Desegregating Opportunity: Why Uprooting Occupational Segregation is Critical to Building A Good-Jobs Economy Search Filters Topic Type Language Series Date Policy & Data Brief Long Lines for Unemployment: How Did We Get Here and What Do We Do Now? A perfect storm of benefit cuts and access restrictions so destabilized the foundation of the unemployment insurance (UI) program. April 21, 2020 Fact Sheet FAQ: Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19 A resource for workers and their advocates, so all workers know their rights and have the information they need to stay safe. April 10, 2020 Toolkit Worker Safety & Health During COVID-19 Pandemic: Rights & Resources A policy toolkit for workers, advocates, and policymakers to help ensure that workers are properly protected during this pandemic. April 9, 2020 Comments & Letters Letter to Congress: Uber Exploiting COVID-19 Crisis to Push Erosion of Worker Protections Uber is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis with a push to further strip protections from its workers. April 8, 2020 Fact Sheet Immigrant Workers’ Eligibility for Unemployment Insurance This fact sheet describes the factors that determine immigrant workers' eligibility for unemployment benefits. March 31, 2020 Fact Sheet Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act This fact sheet explains the new temporary pandemic unemployment programs created by the CARES Act. March 27, 2020 Policy & Data Brief Unemployment Insurance Protections in Response to COVID-19: State Developments This brief summarizes the most helpful measures states have taken to expand access to unemployment insurance during the pandemic. March 27, 2020 Policy & Data Brief Independent Contractors and COVID-19: Working Without Protections Gig workers and other misclassified workers are forced to work without critical protections like unemployment insurance, paid sick days, and paid leave. March 24, 2020 Fact Sheet Understanding the Unemployment Provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act This fact sheet explains how states can access their share of the additional $1 billion in federal funds for UI administration. March 24, 2020 Policy & Data Brief Eliminating Structural Drivers of Temping Out: Reforming Laws and Programs to Cultivate Stable and Secure Jobs The brief recommends policy solutions so temp and staffing agencies do not get special treatment under the law to create insecure low wage jobs. March 23, 2020
Policy & Data Brief Quick Fixes to Lock in Wins for Workers: How States Can Preserve New Federal Protections
Report Desegregating Opportunity: Why Uprooting Occupational Segregation is Critical to Building A Good-Jobs Economy
Policy & Data Brief Long Lines for Unemployment: How Did We Get Here and What Do We Do Now? A perfect storm of benefit cuts and access restrictions so destabilized the foundation of the unemployment insurance (UI) program. April 21, 2020
Fact Sheet FAQ: Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19 A resource for workers and their advocates, so all workers know their rights and have the information they need to stay safe. April 10, 2020
Toolkit Worker Safety & Health During COVID-19 Pandemic: Rights & Resources A policy toolkit for workers, advocates, and policymakers to help ensure that workers are properly protected during this pandemic. April 9, 2020
Comments & Letters Letter to Congress: Uber Exploiting COVID-19 Crisis to Push Erosion of Worker Protections Uber is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis with a push to further strip protections from its workers. April 8, 2020
Fact Sheet Immigrant Workers’ Eligibility for Unemployment Insurance This fact sheet describes the factors that determine immigrant workers' eligibility for unemployment benefits. March 31, 2020
Fact Sheet Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act This fact sheet explains the new temporary pandemic unemployment programs created by the CARES Act. March 27, 2020
Policy & Data Brief Unemployment Insurance Protections in Response to COVID-19: State Developments This brief summarizes the most helpful measures states have taken to expand access to unemployment insurance during the pandemic. March 27, 2020
Policy & Data Brief Independent Contractors and COVID-19: Working Without Protections Gig workers and other misclassified workers are forced to work without critical protections like unemployment insurance, paid sick days, and paid leave. March 24, 2020
Fact Sheet Understanding the Unemployment Provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act This fact sheet explains how states can access their share of the additional $1 billion in federal funds for UI administration. March 24, 2020
Policy & Data Brief Eliminating Structural Drivers of Temping Out: Reforming Laws and Programs to Cultivate Stable and Secure Jobs The brief recommends policy solutions so temp and staffing agencies do not get special treatment under the law to create insecure low wage jobs. March 23, 2020
