Home Newsroom Newsroom Featured News News Release April Jobs Report: As Job Growth Slows, Unemployment Insurance is Critical for Children and Families News Release On the Bipartisan Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity and Improved Administration Framework News Release With Gratitude to SEIU President Mary Kay Henry Search Filters Topic Type Series Date News Release On the U.S. Department of Labor’s Rule on How it Determines Independent Contractor or Employee Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act NELP commends the U.S. Labor Department’s new rule, which reinforces the breadth of employee coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). January 9, 2024 Blog Raise the Minimum Wage to a Family-Supporting Living Wage This guest post by Frances Holmes contains policy proposals that will put us on the path toward more equitable treatment of FLSA-excluded workers. October 24, 2023 Blog Why We Need to End the FLSA Teacher Exclusion This guest post by Audra DeRidder is about the origins and impact of the FLSA. October 24, 2023 Press Clips Cal Matters: As more Californians allege on-the-job violations, labor groups say bosses retaliate Retaliation is banned by dozens of California labor laws, but workers’ rights advocates say it’s a common barrier to low-income laborers organizing. September 1, 2023 News Release NELP Commends DOL’s Proposed Rule to Expand Overtime Eligibility NELP commends USDOL for its proposed rule to strengthen and expand overtime protections for more workers across the country. August 30, 2023 Press Clips AG Daily News: New U.S. Senate bills are aimed at helping farm laborers U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla has introduced a pair of bills intended to allow the USDA to better meet the needs of farm and food system workers. August 2, 2023 News Release NELP Report and Survey Show California’s Strong Worker Protections are Undercut by Employer Retaliation The survey confirms that the fundamental power imbalance between workers and employers – especially under a system of “at will” employment. November 2, 2022 Press Clips Mother Jones: Climate Change Is Making Jobs Deadlier—and OSHA Can’t Take the Heat Conservatives have gutted America’s workplace watchdog. Workers are paying with their lives. April 19, 2022 News Release NELP Welcomes DHS Memo Outlining New Efforts to Support Worker Rights NELP's response to Department of Homeland Security’s memo announcing efforts to better support immigrant workers’ exercise of their workplace rights. October 12, 2021 News Release New Report: New Yorkers Indicate That Retaliation Prevents Them From Exposing Workplace Dangers Workers in New York are more likely to feel pressure to not report workplace problems like sexual harassment, health & safety violations to avoid employer retaliation August 11, 2021
News Release April Jobs Report: As Job Growth Slows, Unemployment Insurance is Critical for Children and Families
News Release On the Bipartisan Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity and Improved Administration Framework
News Release On the U.S. Department of Labor’s Rule on How it Determines Independent Contractor or Employee Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act NELP commends the U.S. Labor Department’s new rule, which reinforces the breadth of employee coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). January 9, 2024
Blog Raise the Minimum Wage to a Family-Supporting Living Wage This guest post by Frances Holmes contains policy proposals that will put us on the path toward more equitable treatment of FLSA-excluded workers. October 24, 2023
Blog Why We Need to End the FLSA Teacher Exclusion This guest post by Audra DeRidder is about the origins and impact of the FLSA. October 24, 2023
Press Clips Cal Matters: As more Californians allege on-the-job violations, labor groups say bosses retaliate Retaliation is banned by dozens of California labor laws, but workers’ rights advocates say it’s a common barrier to low-income laborers organizing. September 1, 2023
News Release NELP Commends DOL’s Proposed Rule to Expand Overtime Eligibility NELP commends USDOL for its proposed rule to strengthen and expand overtime protections for more workers across the country. August 30, 2023
Press Clips AG Daily News: New U.S. Senate bills are aimed at helping farm laborers U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla has introduced a pair of bills intended to allow the USDA to better meet the needs of farm and food system workers. August 2, 2023
News Release NELP Report and Survey Show California’s Strong Worker Protections are Undercut by Employer Retaliation The survey confirms that the fundamental power imbalance between workers and employers – especially under a system of “at will” employment. November 2, 2022
Press Clips Mother Jones: Climate Change Is Making Jobs Deadlier—and OSHA Can’t Take the Heat Conservatives have gutted America’s workplace watchdog. Workers are paying with their lives. April 19, 2022
News Release NELP Welcomes DHS Memo Outlining New Efforts to Support Worker Rights NELP's response to Department of Homeland Security’s memo announcing efforts to better support immigrant workers’ exercise of their workplace rights. October 12, 2021
News Release New Report: New Yorkers Indicate That Retaliation Prevents Them From Exposing Workplace Dangers Workers in New York are more likely to feel pressure to not report workplace problems like sexual harassment, health & safety violations to avoid employer retaliation August 11, 2021