Can’t Survive on $7.25: Ten Years Since Last Increase, Congress Still Won’t Raise the Minimum Wage

June 16 marks the longest we’ve ever gone without an increase in the federal minimum wage—and workers are struggling.

Are State Unemployment Systems Still Able to Counter Recessions?

Recent research, has identified a disturbing trend: workers are both applying for and receiving UI benefits at much lower rates than they have in the past, even compared to comparable points in previous economic cycles.

Rebooting Puerto Rico’s Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program

Behind the Arches: How McDonald’s Fails to Protect Workers From Workplace Violence

This report outlines the extent and severity of workplace violence at McDonald’s stores.

NELP Comments on Proposed Exemptions to Overtime Coverage Under Fair Labor Standards Act

NELP and Mon Valley Amicus Brief Lowman v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Amici curiae Mon Valley Unemployed Committee and National Employment Law Project, Inc. submit this brief in support of Appellee Donald Lowman.

USDOL Opinion Letter on Gig Work: A Narrow, Faulty Ruling With No Precedential Effect

Ending Injustice in Our Fields and Dairies: New York State Should Extend Basic Labor Protections to Farmworkers

We must end the discrimination in New York’s fields and dairies, and to extend collective bargaining rights and other baseline labor protections to farmworkers.

In Support of the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act in New York

On May 2, 2019, Patricia Smith testified before the NYS Senate in support of the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act, S.2837(Ramos)/A.2750(Nolan).

Magana v. DoorDash (on political coercion in the workplace)