Blog | November 6, 2015

Tacoma, WA Voters Approve $12 Local Minimum Wage

Voters in Tacoma, WA this week overwhelmingly approved raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2018.

Blog | October 23, 2015

New NELP Resources for Unemployment Insurance Advocates

The latest edition of NELP’s Unemployment Insurance Policy Advocate’s Toolkit is out now.

Blog | October 14, 2015

Wage & Hour Protections for Home Care Workers Take Effect

Home care workers are now finally covered by federal minimum wage and overtime laws.

Blog | September 30, 2015

Polls Show Strong Support for $15 New York State Minimum Wage, Higher Federal Minimum in Key 2016 States

Two recently released opinion polls showed New York State voters overwhelmingly support a $15 statewide minimum wage by 2021.

Blog | September 25, 2015

New York Governor Cuomo Announces Fair-Chance Hiring for State

New York is the 19th state to implement a policy, along with nearly 100 cities and counties and D.C.

Blog | September 11, 2015

Remembering Sara Rios

On the passing of our former executive director.

Blog | September 2, 2015

Ninth Circuit Hears Oral Argument on Franchisors’ Challenge to Seattle $15

Seattle’s first-in-the-nation $15 minimum wage began to phase in this spring after a federal court rejected the fast food industry’s(…)

Blog | August 19, 2015

Birmingham Becomes 1st City in Deep South to Set Local Minimum Wage

Birmingham’s minimum wage will increase to $8.50 in July 2016 and to $10.10 in July 2017.

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