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NELP’s Paul Sonn urges New York Governor Cuomo to take executive action to raise the state’s minimum wage.
Two Republican senators joined Democrats in voting yes to a substantial wage floor increase.
Politico covers our effort to move the Obama administration to adopt a federal fair-chance hiring policy for people with conviction(…)
Criminal justice reform emerges as a leading bipartisan and economic Issue.
NELP’s Caitlin Connolly joined U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez in calling for a $15 wage for home care workers at(…)
NELP’s Rebecca Smith on why California actors who work in small theaters should be covered by the state’s wage laws.
These findings are a snapshot, but they suggest that calls for greater work hours by Walmart employees are well founded.(…)
Home care is the fastest-growing occupation in the United States; the workers are among the lowest paid.
NELP filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Labor Department’s regulations extending wage-and-hour protections to home care workers.