Home Insights & Research Insights & Research Dive deeper into the issues with our expert research and analyses. Featured Insights Report The Unemployed Worker Study Policy & Data Brief 2025 NELP Policy and Advocacy Agenda Policy & Data Brief Quick Fixes to Lock in Wins for Workers: How States Can Preserve New Federal Protections Report Desegregating Opportunity: Why Uprooting Occupational Segregation is Critical to Building A Good-Jobs Economy Search Filters Topic Type Language Series Date Testimony In Support of Policies That Improve Working Conditions, Empower Working People, and Hold Corporations Accountable On May 20, 2025, NELP Director of Work Structures Laura Padin testified during a hearing before a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. May 20, 2025 Fact Sheet Unpacking Uber and Lyft’s Predatory Take Rates Learn why we need a federal cap on Uber & Lyft’s take rates as the companies use secret algorithms to charge passengers more and pay drivers less. May 19, 2025 Report REI Workers Speak Out: Racial Discrimination, Inequity, and the Fight for a Fair Workplace Our report exposes deep racial inequities at REI that undermine its stated commitment to diversity. May 13, 2025 Policy & Data Brief Plain Language is Critical for Equitable Access to Unemployment Insurance Workers shouldn't have to become fluent in legal jargon to understand their unemployment rights. April 30, 2025 Fact Sheet Fighting the ‘Gigification’ of Work This factsheet includes a compilation of resources related to workers' fight against the "gigification" of work. April 28, 2025 Report The Unemployed Worker Study As analysts warn of the risk of recession, strengthening unemployment insurance should be an urgent priority for policymakers. April 22, 2025 Worker Voices Donta Brown, Beyond the Bars Donta is a temp worker in Miami and member of Beyond the Bars. He wants to build something bigger that helps others avoid the struggles he’s faced. April 14, 2025 Amicus Brief Phath v. Central Transport (U.S. Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit) NELP and partners challenged the lower court's narrow interpretation of Pennsylvania's Criminal History Record Information Act. March 24, 2025 Fact Sheet Why Workers Need Real Portable Benefits Portable benefits help empower workers, but app corporations are co-opting the term for corporate programs that are neither portable nor benefits. March 24, 2025 Worker Voices Shernice Mundell, Former Federal Employee Shernice is among the thousands of federal workers abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. March 21, 2025
Policy & Data Brief Quick Fixes to Lock in Wins for Workers: How States Can Preserve New Federal Protections
Report Desegregating Opportunity: Why Uprooting Occupational Segregation is Critical to Building A Good-Jobs Economy
Testimony In Support of Policies That Improve Working Conditions, Empower Working People, and Hold Corporations Accountable On May 20, 2025, NELP Director of Work Structures Laura Padin testified during a hearing before a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. May 20, 2025
Fact Sheet Unpacking Uber and Lyft’s Predatory Take Rates Learn why we need a federal cap on Uber & Lyft’s take rates as the companies use secret algorithms to charge passengers more and pay drivers less. May 19, 2025
Report REI Workers Speak Out: Racial Discrimination, Inequity, and the Fight for a Fair Workplace Our report exposes deep racial inequities at REI that undermine its stated commitment to diversity. May 13, 2025
Policy & Data Brief Plain Language is Critical for Equitable Access to Unemployment Insurance Workers shouldn't have to become fluent in legal jargon to understand their unemployment rights. April 30, 2025
Fact Sheet Fighting the ‘Gigification’ of Work This factsheet includes a compilation of resources related to workers' fight against the "gigification" of work. April 28, 2025
Report The Unemployed Worker Study As analysts warn of the risk of recession, strengthening unemployment insurance should be an urgent priority for policymakers. April 22, 2025
Worker Voices Donta Brown, Beyond the Bars Donta is a temp worker in Miami and member of Beyond the Bars. He wants to build something bigger that helps others avoid the struggles he’s faced. April 14, 2025
Amicus Brief Phath v. Central Transport (U.S. Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit) NELP and partners challenged the lower court's narrow interpretation of Pennsylvania's Criminal History Record Information Act. March 24, 2025
Fact Sheet Why Workers Need Real Portable Benefits Portable benefits help empower workers, but app corporations are co-opting the term for corporate programs that are neither portable nor benefits. March 24, 2025
Worker Voices Shernice Mundell, Former Federal Employee Shernice is among the thousands of federal workers abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. March 21, 2025
