Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog We Must Defend the Civil Rights of Workers with Conviction Records Blog Keeping the Lights On: Why Unemployment Insurance Reform Can’t Wait Blog One Hundred Days of Trump Betrayal: The Fight for Workers’ Rights and Our Democracy Blog NELP Joins Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Religious Exemption from UI Case Search Filters Topic Type Series Date News Release President Trump’s Meatpacking Plant Executive Order Puts Thousands of Workers’ Lives at Risk How can the administration still not require meatpacking plants to implement the CDC's recommendations? April 29, 2020 News Release Report: Number of Federal Workplace Safety Inspectors Falls to 45-Year Low This Workers Memorial Day, NELP urges OSHA to ensure employers keep workers safe on the job. April 28, 2020 Blog Unemployment benefit amounts must be high enough to sustain workers in this crisis Providing people with economic security is the answer to economic stability in good times, and to recovery after times of crisis. April 27, 2020 News Release Virginia First State to Enact New Work-Sharing Law During Pandemic to Help Employers Avoid Layoffs Work-sharing is a proven tool to help workers and employers weather economic downturns. April 27, 2020 News Release On Trump Administration’s Proclamation Temporarily Suspending Immigration This move tries to distract from the administration’s incompetent and inadequate response to the pandemic. April 24, 2020 News Release Report: Today’s Unemployment Insurance Crisis and How We Got Here States choosing to reduce access and cut benefits led to current dysfunction. April 21, 2020 Blog Webinar: COVID-19 Resources for Unemployed and Frontline Workers The latest information regarding unemployment insurance, federal legislation, and what it means for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. April 17, 2020 News Release CDC Guidance Weakens Protections for Essential Workers New CDC guidance allows employers to require essential workers exposed to COVID-19 to continue to work under certain conditions. April 9, 2020 Blog COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance: An Interview with Rebecca Dixon The interview focused on unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 9, 2020 Press Clips C-SPAN: Employment Assistance & Coronavirus Pandemic NELP Senior Policy Analyst Michele Evermore discusses unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 8, 2020
News Release President Trump’s Meatpacking Plant Executive Order Puts Thousands of Workers’ Lives at Risk How can the administration still not require meatpacking plants to implement the CDC's recommendations? April 29, 2020
News Release Report: Number of Federal Workplace Safety Inspectors Falls to 45-Year Low This Workers Memorial Day, NELP urges OSHA to ensure employers keep workers safe on the job. April 28, 2020
Blog Unemployment benefit amounts must be high enough to sustain workers in this crisis Providing people with economic security is the answer to economic stability in good times, and to recovery after times of crisis. April 27, 2020
News Release Virginia First State to Enact New Work-Sharing Law During Pandemic to Help Employers Avoid Layoffs Work-sharing is a proven tool to help workers and employers weather economic downturns. April 27, 2020
News Release On Trump Administration’s Proclamation Temporarily Suspending Immigration This move tries to distract from the administration’s incompetent and inadequate response to the pandemic. April 24, 2020
News Release Report: Today’s Unemployment Insurance Crisis and How We Got Here States choosing to reduce access and cut benefits led to current dysfunction. April 21, 2020
Blog Webinar: COVID-19 Resources for Unemployed and Frontline Workers The latest information regarding unemployment insurance, federal legislation, and what it means for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. April 17, 2020
News Release CDC Guidance Weakens Protections for Essential Workers New CDC guidance allows employers to require essential workers exposed to COVID-19 to continue to work under certain conditions. April 9, 2020
Blog COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance: An Interview with Rebecca Dixon The interview focused on unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 9, 2020
Press Clips C-SPAN: Employment Assistance & Coronavirus Pandemic NELP Senior Policy Analyst Michele Evermore discusses unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 8, 2020
