Home Newsroom Newsroom Featured News Blog How Antitrust Law Supports Workers’ Rights Blog 55 Years of Fighting for Racial and Economic Justice News Release June Jobs Report: Working in Extreme Heat Blog Q&A with Rebecca Dixon on Her Vision for a Good-Jobs Economy Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Blog House GOP’s Proposed Budget Would Gut Labor Enforcement The proposed cuts would gut the Labor Department's ability to enforce the labor laws that guarantee basic rights and protections for workers nationwide. July 19, 2024 Blog How Labor Protections Allows Cities and States to Combat Worker TRAPs TRAPs, or stay-or-pay contracts, frequently violate wage and hour law. July 17, 2024 Commentary Newsweek: States Must Act Now to Protect Workers’ Rights From Trump Courts Worker protections rolled out by the Biden administration are being blocked by the Trump-packed courts. States need to step up. July 9, 2024 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
Blog House GOP’s Proposed Budget Would Gut Labor Enforcement The proposed cuts would gut the Labor Department's ability to enforce the labor laws that guarantee basic rights and protections for workers nationwide. July 19, 2024
Blog How Labor Protections Allows Cities and States to Combat Worker TRAPs TRAPs, or stay-or-pay contracts, frequently violate wage and hour law. July 17, 2024
Commentary Newsweek: States Must Act Now to Protect Workers’ Rights From Trump Courts Worker protections rolled out by the Biden administration are being blocked by the Trump-packed courts. States need to step up. July 9, 2024
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
