Home Insights & Research Page 5 Insights & Research Dive deeper into the issues with our expert research and analyses. Featured Insights Policy & Data Brief 2026 Policy and Advocacy Agenda: Anchoring Hope in Collective Action Policy & Data Brief NELP’s New York City Worker Justice Agenda Fact Sheet Understanding Your Rights When Losing Work Authorization: FAQs for Immigrant Workers and Advocates Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 Search Filters Topic Type Language Series Date Worker Voices Donta Brown, Formerly Incarcerated Worker and Organizer Donta is a temp worker in Miami and member of Beyond the Bars. He wants to build something bigger that helps others avoid the struggles he’s faced. April 14, 2025 Amicus Brief Phath v. Central Transport (U.S. Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit) NELP and partners challenged the lower court's narrow interpretation of Pennsylvania's Criminal History Record Information Act. March 24, 2025 Fact Sheet Why Workers Need Real Portable Benefits Portable benefits help empower workers, but app corporations are co-opting the term for corporate programs that are neither portable nor benefits. March 24, 2025 Worker Voices Shernice Mundell, Former Federal Employee Shernice is among the thousands of federal workers abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. March 21, 2025 Testimony In Support of S.B. 1448: An Act Concerning Transportation Network Companies and Third-Party Delivery Companies NELP's Dan Ocampo testified before the CT General Assembly in support of a minimum pay standard and increased transparency for app-based drivers. March 10, 2025 Amicus Brief Silva v. Schmidt Baking (U.S. Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit) NELP filed an amicus brief in Silva v. Schmidt Baking, a wage theft case brought by commercial truck drivers who transport goods for Schmidt Baking. February 21, 2025 Testimony In Opposition to a Bill to Cut Tipped Workers’ Wage in Colorado Localities On February 20, 2025, Yannet Lathrop testified before a Colorado General Assembly committee to oppose a bill to slash tipped workers' base wage. February 20, 2025 Comments & Letters Letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Efforts to Lower Tipped Workers’ Wages A bill before the governor would cut the wages of nearly 139,000 tipped workers in Michigan. February 18, 2025 Fact Sheet Why New York City Needs a Higher City Minimum Wage New York City's cost of living surpasses the state's minimum wage. February 12, 2025 Report Below the Floor: Court-Ordered Community Service Lacks Labor Standards This is part two of a series uncovering coerced labor in community service programs as operated via the criminal legal system. January 30, 2025
Fact Sheet Understanding Your Rights When Losing Work Authorization: FAQs for Immigrant Workers and Advocates
Worker Voices Donta Brown, Formerly Incarcerated Worker and Organizer Donta is a temp worker in Miami and member of Beyond the Bars. He wants to build something bigger that helps others avoid the struggles he’s faced. April 14, 2025
Amicus Brief Phath v. Central Transport (U.S. Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit) NELP and partners challenged the lower court's narrow interpretation of Pennsylvania's Criminal History Record Information Act. March 24, 2025
Fact Sheet Why Workers Need Real Portable Benefits Portable benefits help empower workers, but app corporations are co-opting the term for corporate programs that are neither portable nor benefits. March 24, 2025
Worker Voices Shernice Mundell, Former Federal Employee Shernice is among the thousands of federal workers abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. March 21, 2025
Testimony In Support of S.B. 1448: An Act Concerning Transportation Network Companies and Third-Party Delivery Companies NELP's Dan Ocampo testified before the CT General Assembly in support of a minimum pay standard and increased transparency for app-based drivers. March 10, 2025
Amicus Brief Silva v. Schmidt Baking (U.S. Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit) NELP filed an amicus brief in Silva v. Schmidt Baking, a wage theft case brought by commercial truck drivers who transport goods for Schmidt Baking. February 21, 2025
Testimony In Opposition to a Bill to Cut Tipped Workers’ Wage in Colorado Localities On February 20, 2025, Yannet Lathrop testified before a Colorado General Assembly committee to oppose a bill to slash tipped workers' base wage. February 20, 2025
Comments & Letters Letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Efforts to Lower Tipped Workers’ Wages A bill before the governor would cut the wages of nearly 139,000 tipped workers in Michigan. February 18, 2025
Fact Sheet Why New York City Needs a Higher City Minimum Wage New York City's cost of living surpasses the state's minimum wage. February 12, 2025
Report Below the Floor: Court-Ordered Community Service Lacks Labor Standards This is part two of a series uncovering coerced labor in community service programs as operated via the criminal legal system. January 30, 2025
