Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog A Vetted Solution to Potential AI Job Loss Blog Four Seasoned Experts Now Leading NELP’s Policy Team Blog Building Good Governance through Labor Enforcement Partnerships Blog NELP Denounces DOL’s Proposed Joint Employment Rule Search Filters Topic Type Series Date 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 Blog How To Improve the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Application Process The federal Worker Training and Retraining Notice (WARN) Act, or state level WARN acts could help streamline UI. April 8, 2020 Blog Grocery Store Workers Need Frontline Protections Grocery workers are being infected, and some are dying, because of lax protections. April 8, 2020 News Release On the Unemployment Weekly Claims Report for April 2, 2020 More than 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week—another shocking record high. April 2, 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
Blog How To Improve the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Application Process The federal Worker Training and Retraining Notice (WARN) Act, or state level WARN acts could help streamline UI. April 8, 2020
Blog Grocery Store Workers Need Frontline Protections Grocery workers are being infected, and some are dying, because of lax protections. April 8, 2020
News Release On the Unemployment Weekly Claims Report for April 2, 2020 More than 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week—another shocking record high. April 2, 2020