Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog Unemployment Insurance and the Government Shutdown: What Federal Workers and Contractors Need to Know Press Clips The American Prospect: How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away Blog Workers Can’t Wait for Protections from Heat Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips Fast Company: Am I Entitled to Overtime Pay? Everything You Need to Know About the New Salary Rules Millions of lower-paid salaried workers who previously did not qualify for overtime will be eligible beginning this summer. April 26, 2024 Blog 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 cruel exclusions built on a foundation of slavery. April 24, 2024 Blog 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. April 23, 2024 News Release 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. April 23, 2024 Blog 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. April 23, 2024 News Release 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. April 23, 2024 Press Clips Open to Debate: Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications? NELP's Beth Avery argued in support of ban-the-box policies on this public radio debate. April 19, 2024 Press Clips LA Times: California in a Jam After Borrowing Billions to Pay Unemployment Benefits NELP's Amy Traub discussed the root cause of the shortfall in California's unemployment insurance fund. April 18, 2024 News Release On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries—a Win for Delivery Drivers Today’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries upholds delivery workers’ rights to seek unpaid wages in court. April 12, 2024 News Release March Jobs Report: Ten Percent of Workers Are Self-Employed, But Millions May Be Misclassified The unemployment rate dipped slightly to 3.8% in March, while the economy added 303,000 jobs. April 5, 2024
Blog Unemployment Insurance and the Government Shutdown: What Federal Workers and Contractors Need to Know
Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
Press Clips Fast Company: Am I Entitled to Overtime Pay? Everything You Need to Know About the New Salary Rules Millions of lower-paid salaried workers who previously did not qualify for overtime will be eligible beginning this summer. April 26, 2024
Blog 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 cruel exclusions built on a foundation of slavery. April 24, 2024
Blog 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. April 23, 2024
News Release 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. April 23, 2024
Blog 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. April 23, 2024
News Release 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. April 23, 2024
Press Clips Open to Debate: Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications? NELP's Beth Avery argued in support of ban-the-box policies on this public radio debate. April 19, 2024
Press Clips LA Times: California in a Jam After Borrowing Billions to Pay Unemployment Benefits NELP's Amy Traub discussed the root cause of the shortfall in California's unemployment insurance fund. April 18, 2024
News Release On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries—a Win for Delivery Drivers Today’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries upholds delivery workers’ rights to seek unpaid wages in court. April 12, 2024
News Release March Jobs Report: Ten Percent of Workers Are Self-Employed, But Millions May Be Misclassified The unemployment rate dipped slightly to 3.8% in March, while the economy added 303,000 jobs. April 5, 2024
