Minimum Wage Increases and Worker Protections Coming in 2025 as Worker Momentum Builds

69 cities, counties, and states will raise their wage floors on January 1, with 28 more lifting pay later in 2025.

NELP on Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives in 2024

Voters made their voices heard via state minimum wage ballot measures to raise wages and keep pace with rising living costs.

On the Michigan Supreme Court Restoring a 2018 Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative Increase

The Michigan Supreme Court finds that the 2018 state legislature’s gutting of a popular minimum wage ballot initiative was unconstitutional.

NELP Commends DOL’s Final Rule to Expand Overtime Eligibility

NELP commends the USDOL for its final rule to strengthen and expand overtime protections for more workers across the country.

New York’s minimum wage law has a loophole that could freeze increases starting in 2027

Make Misclassification a Violation of the FLSA

This guest post by Nicole Moore contains policy proposals to put us on the path toward more equitable treatment of excluded workers.

New Report Finds Amazon Warehouse Wages Fall Far Short, Fail to Provide Workers Middle-Income Earnings

Analysis finds company’s pay lags behind other warehouse employers, insufficient for workers to approach even average earnings in the counties where they work.

New Hampshire Bulletin: Millions more workers would receive overtime pay under proposed Biden administration rule

The Department of Labor’s new rule would require employers compensate full-time workers for overtime if they make less than $55,068 annually.

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.

NELP Applauds Legislation to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage

If signed into law, the Raise the Wage Act would increase earnings for over 60% of workers living in poverty.