Gov. Newsom’s Wrong Decision to Carve Out Incarcerated Workers from Heat Standards

California’s exemption of incarcerated workers from new workplace heat protections continues a pattern of retributive cruel exclusions built on a foundation of slaver

Q&A with Rebecca Dixon on Her Vision for a Good-Jobs Economy

In our conversation, Rebecca shares her journey from Mississippi to the forefront of advocacy.

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.

People with Records Have Fought Hard to “Ban the Box”

Today, 37 states and nearly 200 cities and counties across the country have adopted some form of fair chance policy.

On the FTC’s Non-Compete Contracts Rule

The National Employment Law Project (NELP) applauds the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-compete contracts for virtually all workers.

On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries—a Win for Delivery Drivers

March Jobs Report: Ten Percent of Workers Are Self-Employed, But Millions May Be Misclassified

On OSHA’s Updated Worker Walkaround Rule

On Minneapolis’s New Minimum Pay Standard for Uber and Lyft Drivers

February Jobs Report: Immigrants Power U.S. Job Growth but Struggle for Rights at Work