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Press Clips Mother Jones: UPS Drivers Won ‘Historic Heat Protections.’ They Say the Company Hasn’t Lived Up to That Promise. NELP's Anastasia Christman spoke with Mother Jones about how extreme heat is increasingly fueling labor disputes. August 26, 2024
News Release On Judge’s Decision to Block the FTC’s Ban on Noncompetes in Employment Contracts NELP decries a federal court ruling blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete provisions in employment contracts. August 22, 2024
Press Clips New York Times: From Tips to TikTok, Trump Swaps Policies With Aim to Please Voters NELP's Paul Sonn spoke with the Times about Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal. August 9, 2024
Press Clips NPR: With No Federal Standard for Heat, States Are Making Their Own to Protect Workers NELP's Anastasia Christman spoke with NPR about why it takes so long to update workplace safety laws. August 2, 2024
News Release 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. July 31, 2024
Blog When Employers Turn Employees into Consumers, State and Local Regulators Can Turn to Consumer Protection Law Consumer laws provide an effective method of reining in Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs). July 31, 2024
Press Clips Marketplace: 15 Years Later, the Federal Minimum Wage Is Still $7.25 an Hour That is the longest the minimum wage has gone without getting a raise. July 24, 2024
Blog State Law Provides an Untapped Route to Combat TRAPs and Other Coercive Contracts State antitrust officials can prohibit TRAPs and other stay-or-pay contracts under existing unfair methods of competition laws. July 24, 2024
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
