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Blog Guest Blog: To Protect the Public, Lawmakers Must Help Keep Healthcare Workers Safe Our lawmakers can and must take steps now to avert this threat. March 27, 2020
News Release New York’s Highest Court Rules Postmates Couriers ‘And Others Similarly Situated’ Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Insurance This landmark decision is especially timely and important in light of the COVID-19 crisis. March 27, 2020
News Release NELP Commends Relief for Workers in Coronavirus Package, Calls for More to Be Done NELP commends the workers, advocates, and legislators who secured this support, and we call for more to be done. March 26, 2020
Blog We Need a Czar to Protect Health Care Workers This administration needs to immediately focus the nation’s resources on keeping our health care workers and first responders safe. March 24, 2020
Blog Unemployment Insurance Was Crucial to Workers and the Economy in the Last Recession It is imperative that policymakers recall the critical role played by unemployment insurance in the last recession and provide a robust expansion of UI benefits. March 23, 2020
News Release NELP Condemns Trump Administration’s Use of Term, ‘Chinese Virus,’ Urges Workplaces to Reject Casual Racism Such language enables xenophobia, dehumanization, and violence, endangering Asian-American workers and communities. March 20, 2020
News Release On Today’s Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Report The surge in new UI claims is a prelude to the tsunami expected in coming weeks. March 19, 2020
News Release Workers Call on Congress to Meet Urgent Needs; Families First Coronavirus Response Act a First Step There are significant flaws in this legislation that must be corrected by Congress immediately. March 18, 2020
News Release NELP Applauds Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave Bill That Rises to the Moment Every day that Congress delays these reforms only worsens this public health and economic emergency. March 17, 2020