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Washington, DC—Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today signed legislation known as “ban the box,” making Illinois the fifth state in the(…)

Sacramento, CA—Public employers across the state have successfully put in place new job applications to comply with a California law,(…)

NELP Decries Decision Diluting Home Care Workers’ Fundamental Workplace Bargaining Capacity

The workers ringing up your meatballs and helping you find shelving units on your next trip to Ikea will have(…)

Last December, House and Senate Republicans uniformly said they would not consider an unemployment insurance extension unless there was a(…)

Sensible Background Check Reforms Needed So All Qualified Job-Seekers Can Share in Promise of Quality Health Care Jobs

Washington, DC—Today’s release of the May jobs report caps off a week of intense focus on America’s increasingly low-wage economy,(…)

Cities are catching on that a higher minimum wage is not only sustainable but necessary.

The federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) program provides partial wage replacement for workers who have lost their jobs and boosts state(…)