Home Insights & Research Insights & Research Dive deeper into the issues with our expert research and analyses. Featured Insights Policy & Data Brief 2025 NELP Policy and Advocacy Agenda Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 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 Search Filters Topic Type Language Series Date 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 Testimony In Opposition to a Bill to Cut Tipped Workers’ Wage in Colorado Localities On February 20, 2025, Yannet Lathrop testified before a Colorado General Assembly committee to oppose a bill to slash tipped workers' base wage. February 20, 2025 Comments & Letters Letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Efforts to Lower Tipped Workers’ Wages A bill before the governor would cut the wages of nearly 139,000 tipped workers in Michigan. February 18, 2025 Fact Sheet Why New York City Needs a Higher City Minimum Wage New York City's cost of living surpasses the state's minimum wage. February 12, 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
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
Testimony In Opposition to a Bill to Cut Tipped Workers’ Wage in Colorado Localities On February 20, 2025, Yannet Lathrop testified before a Colorado General Assembly committee to oppose a bill to slash tipped workers' base wage. February 20, 2025
Comments & Letters Letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Efforts to Lower Tipped Workers’ Wages A bill before the governor would cut the wages of nearly 139,000 tipped workers in Michigan. February 18, 2025
Fact Sheet Why New York City Needs a Higher City Minimum Wage New York City's cost of living surpasses the state's minimum wage. February 12, 2025
