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 Colorado Legislature Approves Landmark Bill to Repeal Preemption of Local Minimum Wage Laws Governor Jared Polis is expected to sign the bill into law. May 3, 2019 News Release Home Care Workers Will Fight Trump Administration’s Latest Move to Silence Workers’ Voices May 2, 2019 News Release DOL Opinion Letter Offers Gig Employer Free Pass to Misclassify Workers April 29, 2019 Blog Meet the Warehouse Workers Challenging Amazon and Walmart WWRC is a leader in confronting the trend of subcontracting and use of staffing agencies in the logistics sector. April 25, 2019 Blog How Lee Saunders and AFSCME Built Worker Power Post-Janus At the core of Saunders' leadership is the connection between public service and building collective power. April 17, 2019 Blog NELP: A History of Advancing Workplace Protections Since 1969, the National Employment Law Project has worked through the ebbs and flows of laws regulating worker protections in the United States. April 11, 2019 News Release Regional Approach to Federal Minimum Wage Would Keep Wages Artificially Low in Many Parts of U.S. April 4, 2019 Blog Ford Foundation’s Anna Wadia Honored as NELP Beth Shulman Fellow NELP is honored to recognize Wadia for her work advancing dignity and justice on the job. April 3, 2019 News Release DOL ‘Joint Employer’ Proposal Would Upend Decades of Worker Protections April 1, 2019 News Release Overcoming Gubernatorial Veto and Preemption Threat, Maryland Becomes Sixth State to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage Rate Less than twenty-four hours after Governor Larry Hogan vetoed legislation to raise Maryland’s minimum wage to $15 by 2020, the Legislature overrode it with supermajorities in both chambers. March 28, 2019
News Release Colorado Legislature Approves Landmark Bill to Repeal Preemption of Local Minimum Wage Laws Governor Jared Polis is expected to sign the bill into law. May 3, 2019
News Release Home Care Workers Will Fight Trump Administration’s Latest Move to Silence Workers’ Voices May 2, 2019
Blog Meet the Warehouse Workers Challenging Amazon and Walmart WWRC is a leader in confronting the trend of subcontracting and use of staffing agencies in the logistics sector. April 25, 2019
Blog How Lee Saunders and AFSCME Built Worker Power Post-Janus At the core of Saunders' leadership is the connection between public service and building collective power. April 17, 2019
Blog NELP: A History of Advancing Workplace Protections Since 1969, the National Employment Law Project has worked through the ebbs and flows of laws regulating worker protections in the United States. April 11, 2019
News Release Regional Approach to Federal Minimum Wage Would Keep Wages Artificially Low in Many Parts of U.S. April 4, 2019
Blog Ford Foundation’s Anna Wadia Honored as NELP Beth Shulman Fellow NELP is honored to recognize Wadia for her work advancing dignity and justice on the job. April 3, 2019
News Release Overcoming Gubernatorial Veto and Preemption Threat, Maryland Becomes Sixth State to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage Rate Less than twenty-four hours after Governor Larry Hogan vetoed legislation to raise Maryland’s minimum wage to $15 by 2020, the Legislature overrode it with supermajorities in both chambers. March 28, 2019
