News Releases | October 12, 2021

NELP Welcomes DHS Memo Outlining New Efforts to Support Worker Rights

DHS will examine existing policies and recommend new ones to support the enforcement of labor standards.

News Releases | October 8, 2021

Jobs Report: Uneven Recovery Continues to Exclude Black and Latinx Workers

Congress Must Enact Unemployment Insurance Reform

Press Clips | October 1, 2021

‘A race to the bottom’: Google temps are fighting a two-tier labor system

Via: The Guardian

Google has knowingly and illegally underpaid thousands of temporary workers in Europe and Asia for years.

Press Clips | October 1, 2021

NYC passes bills to protect rights of app delivery workers

Via: Yahoo Finance

New York City passed a series of bills Thursday protecting the rights of food service delivery workers for companies such(…)

Press Clips | October 1, 2021

Hochul, be a hero to NY workers

Press Clips | October 1, 2021

Hochul, be a hero to NY workers

Via: Daily News

Now as New York’s workers, especially Black and Brown workers, face urgent needs — from the cut-off of federal unemployment(…)

Press Clips | September 27, 2021

NELP statement on introduction of the Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act

The following is a statement from Rebecca Dixon, executive director of the National Employment Law Project on the introduction of(…)

News Releases | September 22, 2021

NELP Calls on Biden Administration to Stop Mass Deportation and Mistreatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers

Where is the Biden administration’s commitment to racial justice, equity, dignity, or even basic due process?

Blog | September 16, 2021

Prop 22 Was a Failure for California’s App-Based Workers. Now, It’s Also Unconstitutional. 

The judge’s decision represents an important advancement in the gig-worker-led movement for universal labor rights for all workers.

News Releases | September 14, 2021

Unemployment Benefits Kept 4.7 Million People Out of Poverty in 2020

Census data reveal the significant impact of unemployment insurance on keeping people out of poverty.

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