NELP: A History of Advancing Workplace Protections

Regional Approach to Federal Minimum Wage Would Keep Wages Artificially Low in Many Parts of U.S.

Ford Foundation’s Anna Wadia Honored as NELP Beth Shulman Fellow

DOL ‘Joint Employer’ Proposal Would Upend Decades of Worker Protections

Overcoming Gubernatorial Veto and Preemption Threat, Maryland Becomes Sixth State to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage Rate

NELP Honors Young Leaders of Make the Road New Jersey

POLL: 2/3 Voters in ‘Battleground’ Congressional Districts Support Federal Minimum Wage of $15 by 2024

Poll: Nearly 2/3 Florida Voters Oppose State Legislature’s Efforts to Strip Cities and Counties of Existing Powers

NELP Report Exposes Gig Companies’ Campaign to Strip Workers of Employee Rights 

A Legacy of Fighting Back: Taking on the Exploitative “Workfare” System

New Polling Shows Voters Support Stronger Overtime Protections

Claims That Auto-IRAs Will Backfire Don’t Hold Water

Workplace Fatalities Rising Under Trump OSHA as Enforcement Declines

NELP Celebrates 50 Years of Advancing Dignity and Justice at Work

On the Trump Labor Department’s Weak Overtime Proposal

XPO Workers Needed Power of Union to Fight Pregnancy Discrimination

Wage Theft Is a Real National Emergency

Appeals Court Upholds Minneapolis $15 Minimum Wage Ordinance

On Uber’s Responsibility to Make Unemployment Insurance Contributions for NY Drivers

National Labor Relations Board Turns Its Back on Contract Workers

NELP Welcomes Federal Legislation to Stop Forced Arbitration

Colorado Legislation Would Restore Local Power to Raise Minimum Wage

NELP Legal Department Discusses Employment-at-Will Doctrine in Amicus Brief

Illinois Blazes Trail in the Heartland, First Midwestern State to Adopt $15 Minimum

On Trump’s Plan to Declare a National Emergency to Build His Border Wall

NELP Legal Tracks Developments in Clauses That Restrict Workers’ Rights on the Job

Complaint Charges USDOL with Hiding Data and Issuing False Information in Proposal to Roll Back Child Labor Protections

On Two Years of Trump and the Damage Done to America’s Workers

DeSantis’ Newly-Appointed Florida Supreme Court Justices Block Miami Beach from Raising Local Minimum Wage

Governor Signs Historic Legislation Making New Jersey Fourth in Nation with $15 Minimum

On Lyft and Juno Suing to Block Higher Pay for Drivers in NYC

Washington State Considers ABC Test for Employee Status

Trump Administration Rolls Back Workplace Injury Reporting Rule

Jobless After Hurricanes, 10,000+ Puerto Ricans Now Eligible for Unprecedented 52 Weeks of ‘Disaster Unemployment Assistance’

This Martin Luther King Day, Let’s Stand in Solidarity With Black Public Sector Workers

New Jersey Joins New York, Massachusetts, & California in Deal to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage

NELP Applauds Legislation to Raise Federal Minimum Wage

SCOTUS Delivers Rare Forced Arbitration Win for Working People

Unemployment Insurance and the Government Shutdown: What Federal Workers and Contractors Need to Know

Workers Getting Raises as 19 States and 21 Cities Increase Minimum Wage in the New Year

It’s Finally Time for One Fair Wage: Servers Shouldn’t Be at the Mercy of Customers, Among Other Factors

Poll Shows Nationwide Opposition to Trump DOL Proposal to Roll Back Child Labor Protections in Nursing Homes

USDA Relied on Flawed Analysis to Justify Line Speed Increases in Hog Slaughter Plants, Endangering Workers, Consumers, Animal Welfare

Policy Groups Release Blueprint for How New Governors & Legislatures Can Counter Trump Administration’s War on Workers

Labor Department Refused to Release Survey It Claimed Justified Rolling Back Child Labor Protections. We Obtained a Copy. 

On Labor Secretary Acosta’s Handling of the Epstein Sex Abuse Case and What It Means for the Labor Department

Report: Fight for $15 Won $68 Billion in Raises for 22 Million Workers

St. Paul Passes $15 Minimum Wage; Second City in Midwest to Back $15

What is the CIO in the AFL-CIO?

Workers Voted for Higher Pay, Healthcare, Democracy; Action Expected by New House and State Leaders

Ensure Respect for Minimum Wage Laws

On Trump DOL’s Proposal to Allow States to Drug-Test Unemployment Insurance Applicants

NELP Commends House Bill to End Forced Arbitration in the Workplace, Following SCOTUS Decision in Epic Systems

Goldman Sachs Attempts to Use Forced Arbitration to Shut Courthouse Doors on Women Alleging Sex Discrimination

A Baseline for Economic Freedom: 80 Years of Fair Labor Standards

Trump Administration’s Extreme Proposal on Gender: A Disgraceful Attack on Transgender People, Equality, and Justice

On the U.S. Labor Department’s Fall Regulatory Agenda

On the D.C. Council’s Repeal of Initiative 77

When Companies Collude to Suppress Workers’ Wages

On the Trump Administration’s Proposal to Limit Immigration Through the Public Charge Rule

Senate Has a Choice: Say NO to Kavanaugh

Trump USDA to Allow Faster Poultry Line Speeds, Ignoring Danger to Workers & Consumers

NELP Mourns the Passing of Jim Leonard

SCOTUS Considers Whether Trucking Companies Can Dodge Worker Lawsuits in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira

On the D.C. Council’s Repeal of Initiative 77

On Amazon Raising Its Minimum Wage to $15

NELP and NAACP-LDF File Amicus Supporting EEOC Guidance on the Formerly Incarcerated

NELP files Amicus in Razak v. UberBlack to Vindicate Drivers’ Rights

Comments Needed on Revised Joint Employer Standard

Non-Compete Provisions in Context: Why NELP Supports Calls for Reform

The Trump Administration Should Withdraw Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination to the Supreme Court

On DOL’s Ill-Advised Proposal to Repeal Child Labor Protections in Nursing Homes and Hospitals

Burden of Proof is on Kavanaugh: NELP Renews Call for Thorough Investigation Into Sexual Assault Allegations

NELP Urges Thorough Investigation of Sexual Assault Allegations Against Judge Kavanaugh

Civil and Worker Rights Groups File Amicus Brief Defending EEOC Guidance on Use of Criminal Background Checks in Employment

On the Michigan Legislature’s Passage of a $12 Minimum Wage for All Workers and Paid Sick Leave

If You Work in a Dangerous Job, You Should Be Worried About Brett Kavanaugh

This Week in Labor History: Remembering the Adamson Act

On GAO Report on Better Targeting Reemployment Services to Jobseekers

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Working People

Why NELP Supports the #PrisonStrike

New Report: Raising Minimum Wage to $12 Will Benefit Small Businesses and Workers Across Missouri

Happy 83rd Birthday, Social Security!

New Report Highlights Discrimination Issues in Online Platforms

On New York City Passing Landmark Law to Regulate Uber and Lyft

On Missouri Voters’ Repeal of Anti-Union ‘Right to Work’ Law

USDA Urged to Reject Line-Speed-Increase Requests from Poultry Plants

Report: U.S. Corporations Splurge on Stock Buybacks While Worker Wages Stagnate

Seattle Passes Historic Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

On 12 States’ Lawsuit Challenging DOL Rule Undermining Affordable Care Act

NELP Files Amicus in Oliveira v. New Prime: Indentured Servitude in the Fine Print

On Eleventh Circuit Reviving NAACP Suit Calling Alabama Wage Law Racially Biased

Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

On New York State’s Employee Status Ruling for New York Uber Drivers

Home Care Workers the Latest Group in Trump Team’s Crosshairs

Creating Barriers to Public Assistance is Not the Pathway to Work

On HHS’s Proposed Rule Interfering with Home Care Workers’ Ability to Pay Their Union Dues

On New York City’s Report Urging Higher Pay for Uber and Lyft Drivers

Webinar Recording | From Sexual Harassment to Wage Theft

On the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Janus v. AFSCME

Fair Labor Standards Act at 80: It’s More Important than Ever

When Workers Don’t Get Paid What They’re Owed – And What Congress Can Do About It

On the Trump Administration’s Proposal to Merge U.S. Depts. of Labor, Education

Ohio Immigration Raids Will Deter Workers From Speaking Up Against Dangerous Conditions

Massachusetts Joins New York and California in Adopting $15 Minimum Wage

D.C. Ballot Initiative Victory Shows Strong Public Support for Higher Wages for Tipped Workers

On the DOL’s Final Rule on Association Health Plans

Trump Administration’s Shameful Policy of Separating Children From Parents

LGBTQ Workers Are Winning Their Rights. But Because of Forced Arbitration, They Can’t Use Them.

Five Questions with Debbie Berkowitz, NELP’s Worker Health & Safety Director

NELP Commends Washington Governor Inslee’s Executive Order Restoring Workers’ Right to Their Day in Court

Enforcement of Occupational Safety and Health Laws Declines Under Trump Administration

New Possibilities Ahead for Workers Left out of Labor Standards?

#Uberinterference Video & Link Roundup

Initiative 77 Is a Vital Measure for D.C.’s Almost 30,000 Tipped Workers

America’s Nonstandard Workforce Faces Wage, Benefit Penalties, According to U.S. Data

The Supreme Court’s Decision in Epic Systems—What You Need to Know

What’s Next for Forced Arbitration? Where We Go After SCOTUS Decision in Epic Systems

Workers’ Rights: Comp System Fails to Offer Adequate Benefits

Epic Fail and Dynamex’s Glory: Two Cases in Context

The Supreme Court Is Helping Companies Get Away With Sexual Harassment

Supreme Court Backs Employers Over Workers in First of Two Major Labor Cases

Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Ban Class Action Lawsuits in Arbitration

SCOTUS Backs Forced Arbitration, Taking Away Workers’ Right to Band Together to Challenge Sexual Harassment and Other Misconduct

How Two Court Decisions Could Mean Gig Is Up for Many Companies that Call Their Workers Independent Contractors

On President Trump’s Reference to Undocumented Immigrants as ‘Animals’

Employers Can’t Duck Responsibility for Workplace Safety by Hiring Contract Workers

On the U.S. Labor Department’s Spring Regulatory Agenda

The People Have Spoken: USDA Should Withdraw Its Proposal to Roll Back Protections in the Meatpacking Industry

Cashing Out: Big Banks’ Lobbying Dollars Mean Weaker Protections for Consumers and Workers

On the California Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision Cracking Down on Independent Contractor Misclassification

We Cannot Afford to Turn Back the Clock on Safety

Director of Work Quality Tsedeye Gebreselassie Named to “40 Under 40” List

Colorado House Approves Repeal of Preemption Law Blocking Local Minimum Wage Increases

High-speed pig slaughter will be disastrous for everyone involved

1099’s and W-2’s: If Your Boss Broke the Law, it Might Make Your Taxes Higher

Do Unemployment Insurance Taxes Really Affect a State’s Business Climate?

On President Trump’s Announcement on Deploying the National Guard to the Border

5 Things to Know About the New Federal Law Protecting Workers’ Tips

Restaurant Workers Win Ownership of Their Tips

NELP on 5th Circuit Vacating DOL’s Fiduciary Rule

Washington Gov. Inslee Signs Fair Chance Act, Extending ‘Ban the Box’ to Private Employers

NELP Welcomes Federal Legislation Ensuring Workers Own Their Tips

Poll Results: Groundbreaking New Polls on Local Democracy, Home Rule, Minimum Wage

Court Upholds Minneapolis $15 Minimum Wage Ordinance

On Janus v. AFSCME, and Why We Need Public-Sector Unions

NLRB Vacates ‘Hy-Brand’ Decision, Leaving Stronger Joint-Employer Standard Intact

HB 2 Will Take Money Out of Injured Workers’ Pockets

Fair Chance Hiring in the Golden State: 10 “Best Practices” for Employers

The Supreme Court Has Opportunity to Rule in Favor of American Workers in Janus

Trump should require federal contractors to follow the law

NELP on President Trump’s Proposed Budget

The Labor Department seems bent on putting profits ahead of workers

Texas Federal Court Ruling Undermines Employment Discrimination Protections for People With Records

Ivanka-Rubio ‘Paid Leave’ Plan Leaves Working Families Behind, Undermines Retirement Plans and Weakens Social Security

DOL’s Office of Inspector General to Audit Rulemaking Process in Wake of Agency’s Suppression of Tip Rule Impact Analysis

Opinion: Florida cities are fighting for home rule

On the Immigration Enforcement Audits Taking Place in Northern California

DOL Hid Data Showing Tip Rule Change Would Cost Workers Billions

SOTU: The State of America’s Workers, One Year Later

USDA Rejects Poultry Industry Petition to Speed Up Factory Lines

Trump Administration’s ‘Tip Stealing’ Rule Overwhelmingly Unpopular With Voters

No Obfuscation If You Keep to the Facts on Poultry Line Speeds

USDA Proposal to Increase Hog Processing Line Speeds Endangers Workers and Consumers

Seven States Adopted Fair Chance Policies in 2017

Report: How Uber and Lyft Prevent Cities From Protecting Drivers and Communities

NELP Mourns the Passing of Paul Booth

NELP Applauds Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf for Expanding Overtime Pay

On Work Requirements for Receiving Health Care Under Medicaid

Report: For Waiters and Bartenders, More Than Half of Earnings Are Tips

Fast-Food Workers Claim Victory in a New York Labor Effort

McDonald’s Cannot Dodge its Illegal Treatment of Franchise Workers

Our Country Has Forgotten the Lessons of the Great Recession

Do It Yourself: Trump’s Quiet Attack on the Regulatory State is Another Part of His Broader Class War

NELP Applauds Decision Upholding OSHA Rule to Protect Workers from Silica Dust Exposure

NELP Applauds Lawsuit Challenging Age Discrimination in Facebook Job Ads

Last Minute Holiday Deliveries Mean Bad Working Conditions

California Fair Chance Act Takes Effect January 1, Extending ‘Ban the Box’ to Private Employers

Workers Across U.S. Getting Raises as 18 States and 19 Cities Increase Minimum Wages on Jan. 1

Rising to Meet the Moment: Fighting Back and Fighting Forward

Ten Years After Great Recession Hit, Unemployed Workers Face Greater Barriers to Jobless Aid

On Gov. Cuomo Ordering New York State Labor Department to Review Eliminating ‘Tip Credit’ for Restaurant, Car Wash & Nail Salon Workers

On NLRB’s Reversal of Browning-Ferris ‘Joint Employer’ Ruling

Mississippi Worker Injury Rate, Compensation Among Worst in Nation: Report

NELP Responds to Trump Administration’s Fall Regulatory Agenda

Report: Mississippi Workers Are Dying on the Job at One of the Highest Rates in the Nation

Trump Wants You to Tip Restaurant Owners, Not Servers

NELP Applauds GAO Report on Workplace Hazards in Meat and Poultry Industry

NELP Blasts Trump DOL’s Proposed Rule Allowing Tip Theft

NELP Blasts DOL Move Delaying Enforcement of Conflict-of-Interest Rule Another 18 Months

Vary the Minimum Wage by Region? (Letter to the Editor)

NELP on Uber Data Breach

On the Publication of OSHA’s Final Rule on Improved Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

NELP Honors Teresa Tritch as Our 2017 Beth Shulman Fellow

State Governments Can Block Trump’s Rollback Of Overtime Pay

NELP Fights Back in 2017

NELP Applauds Montgomery County’s Approval of a $15 Minimum Wage, Building Momentum for Statewide Action in 2018

Don’t Let Congress Cheat Workers Out of Basic Rights

NELP Honors Workers Defense Project and Jose Garza

Injured Workers Lead the Fight to Transform Workers’ Comp in Mississippi

On House Passing Bill to Allow Joint Employers to Escape Accountability for Wrongdoing

Two Years of New York City’s Fair Chance Act: From Robust Legislation to Effective Enforcement

The U.S. Isn’t Prepared for the Next Recession

Who Owns a Tip? Trump May Shift It to Restaurant Owners

On Labor Department’s Appeal of Ruling That Invalidated Overtime Reforms

Too Fast for Safety? Poultry Industry Wants to Speed Up the Slaughter Line

Illinois Leads the Way in Fighting Temp Worker Abuse

NELP Honors Coalition That Brought $15 to Minneapolis, Midwest

Civil & Worker Rights Groups File Amicus Brief Supporting EEOC Guidance on Use of Criminal Background Checks in Employment

On the Labor Department’s Plan to Repeal Tipped Worker Protections

Financial and Workplace Predators Are Getting Away With Hiding Their Misdeeds, and Congress Could Make It Even Easier

Despite Some Progress, Poultry Workers Still Face Workplace Woes

White Lawmakers Are Using Alabama’s Racist State Constitution To Keep Black Wages Down

Ban The Box: What This New Law Means For Potential Employees With A Criminal Record

Actresses—and Millions of Other Workers—Have No Federal Sexual-Harassment Protections

Unprecedented Coalition Urges Food Safety Officials to Reject Poultry Industry Effort to Increase Line Speeds

Another Obama Decision Reversed? Now It’s About Food Safety.

California Governor Brown Signs Fair Chance Act, Extending ‘Ban the Box’ to Private Employers

America’s Workers Deserve to Get Paid for Burning the Midnight Oil

A Historic Rule Has Held McDonald’s Liable for Labor Abuses. The GOP Is Close to Undoing It.

House Bill Attacking Joint Employment Would Leave Contract Workers Vulnerable

No Class Action: Supreme Court Weighs Whether Workers Must Face Arbitrations Alone

SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Case That Could Tilt Legal Landscape in Favor of Corporate Lawbreakers

Forced Arbitration Explainer Video & Link Roundup

Trump’s Deregulation Agenda Means Lower Pay and Higher Injury Risk for America’s Workers

Why Forced Arbitration Matters: Uber as a Poster Child

On the Administration’s Plan to Collect Social Media Information on Immigrants

Target’s Move to $15 an Hour Blows Up This Myth About Raising the Minimum Wage

On the Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill

Florida Should Extend Disaster Unemployment Assistance Filing Deadline

New Research Sounds Urgent Alarm to Overhaul Home Care Industry & End Abusive Work Conditions

When Will the Economy Start Caring About Home-Care Work?

Losing Our Civil Rights Legacy in the Fine Print

Unions are Training Hotel Workers to Face Down Immigration Raids

Can Companies Force Workers to Go to Arbitration?

Forced Arbitration and Work: What You’re Signing Away in the Fine Print

Removing Barriers to Economic Opportunity for Americans with Criminal Records Is Focus of New Multistate Initiative

“We are all scared”: “Dreamers” face job risk and worse

Trump’s Plan to End DACA Inconsistent with Nation’s Highest Values

Relaxing Today? Thousands Cannot.

These Labor Laws Are Suppressing Black Workers

On Federal Judge’s Egregious Decision Invalidating DOL’s Overtime Rule

Ban-the-Box “Statistical Discrimination” Studies Draw the Wrong Conclusions

Hurricane Harvey Response Must Include Programs to Protect Affected Workers

Trump Targets Obama Rule on Workers’ Tips

In Pardon of Arpaio, Trump Locks Himself in a Permanent Embrace With Racism

On Donald Trump’s pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio

NELP Statement in Response to Reports of Trump Administration’s Possible End to DACA

OSHA Scrubs Worker Deaths From Home Page

Montgomery County Minimum-Wage Study was Fatally Flawed

SCOTUS Forced Arbitration Case Could End Worker Class-Action Lawsuits, Amicus Brief Warns

40 Groups Urge Agriculture Secretary to Oppose Increasing Line Speeds in Poultry Plants

On Charlottesville and Our Path Forward

At Walmart Academy, Training Better Managers. But With a Better Future?

Main Street Must Be Prepared for Immigration Crackdown

Who’s the Boss? House Republicans Want to Help Employers Dodge Responsibility for Harming Workers

L.A. Can Protect Bank Workers and Customers

NELP, MoCo Advocates Blast Sham Study on $15 Min. Wage

Dallas Woman Hopes Her Story Will Help Defend Progress on Fair Chance Hiring

Civil Rights & Worker Rights Groups Seek to Defend Landmark EEOC Criminal Records Guidance in Texas Federal Lawsuit

Horrendous Health Care Bill Finally Dies in a Week of Attacks on Working Families

On House Republicans’ Bill to Take Away ‘Joint Employment’ Legal Protections from Outsourced Workers

Congress, Raise the Minimum Wage Rather Than Take Away Healthcare

NELP Supports $15 Minimum Wage in Montgomery County & Gradual Elimination of Tipped Subminimum Wage

On the Labor Department’s Regrettable Move to Revisit the Overtime Rule

Minimum Wage Hike Alarmists Are Wrong

Eight Years Since Last Federal Minimum Wage Increase, 21 States Remain Stuck at $7.25

Trump Administration Cancels Hundreds of Obama-era Regulations

Trump Attacks Workers with Spring Regulatory Agenda

Worker & Immigrant Rights Groups Launch Nationwide Drive to Educate Employers on How to Protect Their Business & Employees from ICE

Trump’s National Anti-Labor Relations Board

Republican Legislation Would Devastate Home Care

NELP Opposes NLRB and DOL Nominees’ Confirmations

Senate Should Postpone Thursday’s NLRB and DOL Nominee Hearings, Allow Time for Proper Vetting, Say Worker and Civil Rights Groups

NELP Applauds Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s New Rule Against Forced Arbitration Clauses

UW Minimum-Wage Study Doesn’t Reflect Reality of Work in Seattle

Alameda County Must Honor its Pledge to Train, Hire People With Records

Minneapolis Becomes First City in the Midwest to Enact a $15 Minimum Wage

Minneapolis Passes $15 Minimum Wage

NELP on DOL Decision on Overtime Regulations

Members of Congress Urge USDA to Protect Workers, Reject Increase in Poultry Processing Line Speeds

$15 Minimum Wage: Study was Flawed; Minneapolis Should Still Follow Seattle’s Lead

NELP Opposes Taking Health Care Away From 22 Million Americans

Uber’s Race to the Bottom

Why Employers Are Hiring People With Records

Trump DOL Proposes Rollback of Beryllium Protections

CEO Travis Kalanick’s Departure Offers Uber a Chance to Turn Around

NELP on Uber’s 180 Day Plan

Trump Admin Switches Sides in SCOTUS Case, Backing Corporations in Stifling Workers’ Day in Court

Uber Employees Aren’t the Only Ones Vulnerable to Discrimination

Trump DOL Signals Rollbacks When Nobody is Watching

Federal Rule Protecting Retirement Savers Takes Effect Today

On Secretary Acosta’s Announcement of an Upcoming Request for Information on Overtime

On Labor Department Rescinding Guidance on Joint Employment and Misclassification

How Trump Made Wage Theft Routine

Minnesota Governor Rejects GOP-Backed Wage Suppression

OSHA Cites Saipan Casino Contractors for Egregious Worker Safety Violations

NELP Praises Illinois Legislature’s Passage of $15/hr

On Minnesota Governor Vetoing Preemption Bill That Would Have Blocked Local Minimum Wage Laws

Do ‘Ban-the-Box’ Laws Help Expand Employers’ Candidate Pools?

Our Nation’s Workers Need a Federal Minimum Wage They Can Live On

NELP Blasts Trump Administration’s Proposed Budget

On Labor Secretary Acosta Announcing No Further Delay of the Conflict of Interest (Fiduciary) Rule

Trump’s Parental Leave Proposal Fails Working Families

Missouri Lawmakers to Lowest-Paid Workers in St. Louis: We’re Taking Back Your Raises

How Republicans Are Blocking Cities From Raising the Minimum Wage

On Possible Appointment of Curtis Ellis to Head DOL’s Bureau of Int’l Labor Affairs

NELP Applauds Federal Legislation on Accurate Workplace Safety Records

Pension Savers Need Straight Advice. Why the Delay?

Why Are We Attacking ‘Obama Holdovers’ in the Government?

On St. Louis Minimum Wage Increase Taking Effect After Two Year Delay

Exploitation and Abuse at the Chicken Plant

Travis Kalanick Isn’t the Only Reason Uber is Obnoxious

America Needs a $15 Minimum Wage

The Cost Of Rolling Back Worker Protections: First 100 Days

On the Confirmation of Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary

Strong Momentum for Fair-Chance Hiring and Occupational Licensing Reform in 2017

Report: 27 Workers a Day Suffer Amputation or Hospitalization, acc. to OSHA Severe Injury Data from 29 States

New $15 Bill Is the Strong Action on Wages America Needs

NELP and Economic Policy Institute to Host Workers’ Memorial Day Symposium

Many Home Health Care Workers Lack Insurance of Their Own

Fear of Immigration Raids May Harm Workplace Rights

More than Half of Minneapolis City Council Members Support $15-an-hour Minimum Wage

Here’s Who’s Winning the $15 Minimum Wage Wars Now

Congress Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure Formerly Incarcerated and People with Records Have Fair Chance to Work

President Trump’s Directive Just Cost Investors $181 Million This Year

Why Black Women Are—and Should Be—Leading the Fight For $15

Missouri Lawmakers Want to Snatch Raises From Workers Who Need It Most

Heartless in the Heartland

On Iowa Blocking All Local Minimum Wage and Employment Benefits Laws

Trump’s Border Wall Proposal Should Raise Serious Doubts About His Infrastructure Promises

On Preemption of Miami Beach’s Minimum Wage Ordinance

On Iowa Legislature’s Callous Action to Nullify Local Raises for State’s Lowest-Wage Earners

On President Trump Approving the Repeal of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order

On the Confirmation Hearing for Labor Secretary Nominee Alexander Acosta, and Senate Move to Repeal OSHA Injury Reporting Rule

Stand with Workers, Oppose Any Attempt to Repeal OSHA’s Injury Recordkeeping Rule

Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Minimum Wage Increase Approved by Voters – Again

A GOP Rising Star’s Big Choice

On President Trump’s Budget Proposal

“Right to Work” Bills Pose Fundamental Threat to Workers

‘The Perfect Nanny’ for Uber CEO Travis Kalanick

NELP Builds Capacity to Defend Against Attacks on Workers

The Latest ‘Underhanded Maneuvers’ in the Minimum Wage Wars

How State Governments are Fighting to Suppress Local Minimum Wage Raises

Who’s Against Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces?

On Congress Blocking the Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces Rule

Fair Scheduling: Good for Workers, Good for Business

Trump’s Address Was More Measured But Actions Speak Louder Than Words

On President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress

66 Labor, Civil Rights, Environmental Groups Tell Congress Not to Repeal Crucial Health and Safety Regulations

Little Financial Security in ‘Gig Economy’ Benefits Plan

What the Country Learned from Trump’s Labor Nominee Fiasco

On the Nomination of Alexander Acosta for Labor Secretary

On Puzder’s Withdrawal from Labor Secretary Nomination

New Hart Research Poll: Voters Urge Senators Murkowski, Collins to Reject Trump Labor Nominee Puzder

A Wrong-Headed Maryland Bill Attacks Local Worker-Friendly Legislation

Nearly 150 Groups Call on Puzder to Withdraw from Labor Secretary Nomination

Puzder’s Statement on Housekeeper Raises More Questions Than It Answers

Roosevelt Institute, NELP Release Report on 21st Century Worker Benefits

Congressional Republicans Move to Undo Obama EO, Fire First Shot on Working Families

IACHR Decision Positions Workers’ Compensation as a Human Rights Issue

NELP Submits Letter to Senate Requesting Rigorous Confirmation Hearing for Andrew Puzder

NELP Condemns Trump’s Immoral Immigration Orders

Will Trump’s Labor Nominee Keep Workers Safe?

Report: Trump Labor Nominee’s Business Practices Force Taxpayers to Pick Up $250M/Year Tab

Obama’s Exemplary Record on Protecting Workers’ Safety and Health

NELP Applauds Montgomery County Council’s Approval of a $15 Minimum Wage

Carl’s Jr. Workers Detail Mistreatment at Puzder’s Restaurants

This New Year’s Eve, Janice Brooks Is Getting a Raise

Fair-Chance Policies Adopted in 7 States and 28 Localities in 2016

7 States and 18 Cities and Counties Enacted New Minimum Wage Increases in 2016

25 States & Localities Approved Minimum Wage Increases in 2016

Report: More Workers Face Unstable Earnings and Wages

Will Trump Be ‘The Champion of the American Worker’?

Report: $15 Minimum Wage Narrows Race and Gender Wealth Gaps

L.A. Enacts Landmark ‘Ban the Box’ Law Covering Private Employers

Why Trump’s Labor Secretary Is an Extreme Contradiction

NELP Raises Serious Concerns Over Fast-Food CEO’s Nomination for Labor Secretary

Labor Department Overtime Rules Important for Employees

Fight for $15 Has Brought $62 Billion in Raises and Counting to Underpaid Workers

Fight for $15’s Four-Year Impact: $62 Billion in Raises for America’s Workers

What the Label on Your Thanksgiving Turkey Won’t Tell You

Judge Enjoins Overtime Rule, Delays Critical Win for U.S. Workers

Introducing Our 2016 Beth Shulman Fellow, SEIU General Counsel Judy Scott

Minimum Wage Ballot Victories Show Strong Public Support for Raising Wages

On President-Elect Trump’s Victory and What It Means for America’s Workers

Poultry Industry’s Underreporting of Workplace Injuries Fouls BLS Injury Data

Philanthropies Offer New Toolkit for Fair-Chance Hiring of People with Records

A Fair Chance for Two Million New York City Jobseekers

Voters Want Government to Act Against Mischaracterization of Employees

Barely Getting By: How One Boston Worker Suffered When His Employer “Contracted Out”

On the Passage of New York City’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act

Poll: Voters See ‘Contracting Out’ as Serious Problem for America’s Workers and Economy

On the Texas District Court Enjoining ‘Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces’ Implementation

A Higher Minimum Wage Will Help Maine’s Elderly

Wells Fargo Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg

A Mistake That Lasts a Lifetime

It’s Time to Fix the Broken Workers’ Compensation System

Why Businesses Should Reach Out to 70 Million Americans Excluded From the Workforce

Uber Should Finally Admit It Has Employees

How Gretchen Carlson’s $20 Million Settlement Is a Rip-Off

Make Work Great Again

On New Jersey Governor Christie Vetoing $15 Minimum Wage

NELP Applauds Obama Administration for Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rules and Guidance

Judge Orders $15 Minimum Wage on Minneapolis Ballot in November

New York City Establishes Division to Protect Paid Caregivers’ Rights

Tyson Foods Faces Significant OSHA Fines for Plant Hazards

New NELP Analysis Criticizes Ban-the-Box Studies

Uber Drivers Shouldn’t Be Left Behind in the Fight For $15

Seattle’s Workers, Businesses Doing Well with a Higher Minimum Wage

Fed Contracts Only for Those Who Respect Workplace Laws

On OSHA’s First-Ever Citation of Big Poultry for Delaying Medical Care to Injured Workers

The Pros and Cons of Fingerprinting Uber Drivers

On JPMorgan Chase Announcing Raises for Its Lowest-Paid Workers

Making Higher Wages a Reality in Los Angeles

For Workplace Safety Violators, Life Is Cheap

Home Care Workers’ Long March to Justice

A Better Way to Disrupt the Workplace

SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to Home Care Reform, Cementing Victory for Millions of Workers

On the Supreme Court’s Decision Not to Hear the Home Care Industry’s Appeal

$15 Minimum Wage Passed by New Jersey Legislature

NELP Releases New Studies of “Gig Economy” Workers’ Rights

Gig Economy Workers Injured On the Job Should Get Workers’ Comp Protections

New Jersey Legislature Passes $15 Minimum Wage

On Supreme Court’s Deadlocked Ruling on President Obama’s Immigration Executive Action

A Proposal to Strengthen Unemployment Protections and Prepare America’s Economy for Next Recession

GAO Report Finds Continued Customer Service Problems in Accessing Jobless Aid

Labor Groups’ Report Slams Banks for Sales Quotas

New Report Documents Expansion of Predatory Practices at Big Banks Nationwide

DC $15 Vote Shows Unstoppable Momentum, But Leaves Tipped Workers Behind

The New Overtime Rules Will Help Middle Class Americans

Uber’s Car Leasing Program Turns Its Drivers Into Modern-Day Sharecroppers

Walmart CAN Afford $15 Minimum Wage

Health and Safety Risks Grow for Home Care Workers

Thousands Rally at McDonald’s Headquarters Demanding $15 and a Union

Report: D.C.’s Tipped Workers in Poverty at Nearly Twice the Rate of All D.C. Workers, Experience High Rates of Sexual Harassment

GAO Report Finds Injured Meat & Poultry Workers Denied Medical Care at Worksite

Non-Profits Are Ready for the New Overtime Regulations

Arizona Restaurant Lobby’s Sham Minimum Wage Ballot Attempt Fails

On the Labor Department’s Final Overtime Rule

Big Poultry Workers Are Literally Peeing Their Pants So That Americans Can Have Cheap Chicken

On the New Federal Rule Requiring Better Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

The Critics Who Cried Wolf: Decades of Misleading Claims Around Increases in Federal Minimum Wage

Federal Court Suit in Alabama Seeks to Restore Birmingham’s Minimum Wage Increase

Home Care Workers Call for End to Wage Theft

On POTUS Banning the Box in Fed. Hiring, Reforming Policies for Fair Employment

On the Legal Action to Undo Alabama’s Preemption of Birmingham Minimum Wage Law

Report: States Fall Short in Removing Occupational Licensing Barriers for Workers with Records

Over 125 Groups Urge President Obama to “Finish the Job” and Extend Ban-the-Box to Federal Contractors

On Factory Farms, Chickens and Workers Alike Suffer

On Uber Drivers Reaching $100 Million Settlement with Company

Baltimore City Council to Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $15

Fight for $15 Delivers Raises to 17 Million, but There’s More to Accomplish

Leaked Poll for Chambers of Commerce Shows Business Execs Overwhelmingly Support Raising the Minimum Wage

Unemployment Insurance Rules Often Leave Workers With Volatile Schedules Behind

NELP Applauds North Carolina Campaign to Restore Unemployment Insurance

Report: How Trades Unions Can Help the Formerly Incarcerated Find Good Jobs

Arizona Ballot Measure Seeks to Raise Minimum Wage to $12 by 2020

How We Got to $15, and Where We Go From Here

New York Approves Statewide Plan for $15 Minimum Wage

New York State Agrees to $15 Minimum Wage Plan

California Announces First Statewide $15 Minimum Wage

California Reported to be First State to Reach $15 Minimum Wage

NY Times: California Nears Deal to Adopt a $15 State Minimum Wage

$15 Minimum Wage Would Boost Pay for Nearly 1 Million Workers in New Jersey

OSHA Issues Updated Rule Protecting Workers from Deadly Silica Dust

The Hill: Candidates, How Will You Turn ‘Gig’ Jobs Into Good Jobs?

2016 Is Shaping Up to Be Another Strong Year for Fair-Hiring Reform

New York City Moves to Implement Fair-Chance Hiring Law

12 Companies That Are Turning ‘Gig’ Jobs Into Good Jobs

NELP Applauds New Federal Legislation to Fight Wage Theft

The Sharing Economy and the 21st Century Workforce

On the Overtime Rule Moving to OMB

Study Sees $15 Minimum Wage Raising Earnings for 37 Percent of New York’s Workers

Union-Busting. Now There’s an App for That.

Quartz: Most Benefits of the Gig Economy Are Completely Imaginary

Public Labor Exchange Programs in the 2017 Budget

Scheme to Gut Protections for Injured Workers Ruled Illegal in Oklahoma

Oregon Governor Signs Landmark Minimum-Wage Law

Alabama Shuts Down Raises for 40,000 Workers in Birmingham as Minimum Wage Fight Continues

NELP Applauds Foundations’ Move to ‘Ban the Box’

NELP Applauds President Obama’s Summer Opportunity Project

Alabama Legislature Passes Bill Barring Cities from Raising Local Wages

Long-Term Jobless and UI Financing Budget Provisions Deserve Full Consideration

NY Times: When a State Balks at a City’s Minimum Wage

As Alabama Lawmakers Rush to Block Birmingham’s Higher Minimum Wage, ‘Raise Up Alabama’ Launches

President’s Budget Offers Robust Agenda for State Unemployment Insurance Reforms

On Uber and Lyft Drivers’ Protest at New York City Hall

Is Wage Insurance a Worthwhile Option for Displaced Workers?

Share of Unemployed Receiving Jobless Aid Remained at Record Low in 2015

Newsweek: Uber’s Labor Relations Is Driving It Into a Ditch

Ending the “Independent Contractor” Charade in On-Demand & Just-in-Time Work

Minimum Wage Ballot Measures Advancing in California and Nevada

BNA Daily Labor Report: NELP Expands Its Reach Into Safety and Health of Low-Wage Workers

AG’s Settlement Agreement Shows New York Leads on Fair-Chance Hiring

NELP Commends USDOL Guidance on Independent Contractor Joint Employment

Governors Embrace Push for Higher State Minimum Wages

On President Obama’s Proposed Unemployment Insurance Program

Arizona Governor Threatens Financial Retribution Against Cities That Raise Minimum Wage

On Uber’s New Background Check Policy

On NY Governor Cuomo’s Push for $15 Minimum Wage

SOTU: President Obama Can Double-Down on His Legacy for Workers in 2016

New Year Brings New Resolve to Push for $15 Minimum Wage in New York

Quartz: On-Demand Workers’ Right to Organize: Seattle 1, Uber 0

14 Cities & States Approved $15 Minimum Wage in 2015

Report Urges Accountability for Labor Standards in Home Health Care, America’s Fastest-Growing Jobs

State Board Upholds New York $15 Fast Food Minimum Wage Plan

Defending America’s Workers Before Congress

Victory, Finally, for Unemployed Seniors in Illinois

U.S. News & World Report: Gig Economy Workers Deserve Better

Faulty FBI Background Checks for Employment

Top 5 Ways to Enforce Local Minimum Wage Laws

More Cities Act to Raise Minimum Wages

New Federal Rights for Home Care Workers: Litigating under the New USDOL Companionship Rules

While Out of Touch Politicians Balk, Companies Have Been Raising Base Pay for Workers

Huffington Post: Putting Off-the-Clock Work Back on the Clock?

The Hill: Don’t Reward Lawbreakers with Federal Contracts

Low-Wage Workers Rally Nationwide for $15, Union Rights and Power at the Ballot Box

Huffington Post: Why Is Tyson Foods Still Stealing From its Workers?

NY1: Paul Sonn on Developments in Fight to Raise Minimum Wage

BNA Occupational Safety & Health Reporter: Proposed Rule Will Protect Responsible Workers, Contractors

What Every Consumer Needs to Know Before Taking Another Bite of Chicken

Turning the Tide for 2016: Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Expansions that Support Working Families

NY Times: Cuomo to Create $15 Minimum Wage for New York State Workers

5 Things Every Politico Should Know About the Fight for $15

On Fast-Food Workers’ Biggest-Ever Strike

$15 Minimum Wage Ballot Measures Pushed for 2016 in California

Tacoma, WA Voters Approve $12 Local Minimum Wage

CNBC: Here’s What Paul Ryan Should Do First

Low-Wage NY: Pay Raises and Working New Yorkers

On the President’s Announcement on ‘Ban the Box’ Hiring

NYC ‘Fair Chance’ Hiring Law Takes Effect Today

New NELP Resources for Unemployment Insurance Advocates

Leading Occupational Health & Safety Expert to Join NELP

Wage & Hour Protections for Home Care Workers Take Effect

Fortune: How Seattle Could Help Uber Drivers Earn a Fatter Paycheck

CNBC: Urban Outfitters should be ashamed asking for ‘volunteers’

Huffington Post: The 2016 Election and the 42 Percent

NELP Applauds Labor Department Directive on States’ Responsibilities to Ensure Access to Jobless Aid

Underpaid Workers Overwhelmingly Support a $15 Minimum Wage and Unions, Survey Finds

First-Ever Poll of Workers Who Make Less Than $15 Shows 72% Support for Unions  

On the Senate Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill

Here’s Another Reason a Minimum Wage Hike Should Be Part of Pennsylvania’s Budget Talks

SunSentinel: Why Does Florida Treat Unemployed Workers So Badly?

Polls Show Strong Support for $15 New York State Minimum Wage, Higher Federal Minimum in Key 2016 States

New York Times: Fair Wages for Uber Drivers

New York Governor Cuomo Announces Fair-Chance Hiring for State

Report: Florida’s Unemployment Insurance Program Shuts Out Jobless

MSNBC: Why It’s Time for Uber to Unionize

On Missouri Legislature’s Veto Overrides Blocking Local Minimum Wage Laws and Slashing Jobless Aid

Remembering Sara Rios

CNBC: Gov. Cuomo Is Right About $15 Minimum Wage

New York Leading the Way on $15

Report: Transforming Gig Jobs Into Good Jobs

CBS: Why So Many Americans Aren’t Looking for Work

NYT: Low-Income Workers See Biggest Drop in Paychecks

Report: Low-Wage Occupations See Steepest Drop in Real Wages

CNBC: Uber Drivers’ Suit Given Class-Action Status

Ninth Circuit Hears Oral Argument on Franchisors’ Challenge to Seattle $15

St. Louis is the Latest City to Raise its Minimum Wage

NPR: NLRB Ruling Could Pave The Way For Fast-Food Unions

NBC: NLRB Ruling Redefining ‘Employer’ Could Have Big Impact If It Stands

NELP Applauds NLRB Joint-Employer Decision

NELP Applauds Historic Decision to Uphold Minimum Wage & Overtime Rights for Home Care Workers

SeaTac 4,700 Airport Workers Win Their Fight for $15

Birmingham Becomes First City in Deep South to Approve Minimum Wage Law

Birmingham Becomes 1st City in Deep South to Set Local Minimum Wage

Happy Birthday Unemployment Insurance! Moving from Surviving to Thriving

Huffington Post: Worker Definitions in the ‘New’ Economy Are an Old-School Trick

July Jobs Report Shows Why the Fed Shouldn’t Raise Interest Rates Yet

Buzzfeed: America’s Most Union-Friendly Bank Raises Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour

Fortune: Sluggish wage growth could weigh on a Fed rate hike

Report: 3 in 4 Bank Tellers Earn Less Than $15 an Hour

Report: Unemployment Insurance Failing Workers with Volatile Schedules

On Today’s Rally at the White House for Federal Fair-Chance Hiring Reform

Huffington Post: Small Business Wins With Fair-Chance Hiring

Historic Restaurant Wage Settlement in San Francisco

CNN: $15 Minimum Wage: A Domino Effect?

Huffington Post: DOL Says Most Workers Are Employees and Not Independent Contractors: 5 Notable Takeaways

NY1: Tsedeye Gebreselassie Talks Wage Board’s Decision to Raise Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers

On Wage Board’s Recommendation to Pay New York Fast-Food Workers $15

$15 NY Fast-Food Wage Recommendation Shows Workers Can Be ‘Agents of Historic Change’

On Kansas City Council’s Vote to Raise City’s Minimum Wage to $13

CNBC: Time to Ban Criminal-Record Box on Job Applications

CNBC: Jeb Bush, Uber and the new American contract worker

NELP Commends U.S. Department of Labor’s Independent Contractor Misclassification Guidance

Oregon Governor Signs ‘Ban the Box’ Legislation

NELP Applauds Veto of Missouri Legislation Barring Local Action on Minimum Wage

Broken Windows, Broken Systems: Policing and Fair-Chance Hiring Policies

CSPAN: President Obama’s Proposed Changes to Overtime Eligibility

PBS: Obama’s Overtime Proposal Explained and Why It Matters

Wired: Shyp Makes Couriers Employees Before It’s Too Big to Change

Fortune: Paying More Workers Overtime Could Rebuild America’s Middle Class

L.A. Times: Obama’s New Overtime Rules: How They’d Work and Who They’d Affect

On the Proposed Reform of Federal Overtime Rules

NELP on Massachusetts Decision to Pay Home Care Workers $15

Bloomberg: Uber Case Spotlights a Challenge: When Is a Worker an Employee?

Fortune: It Won’t Kill Uber to Treat Drivers Like Employees

Buzzfeed: How A Pay Rise For NY Fast-Food Workers Could Spread Across America

Fair-Chance Hiring: An Antidote to Race-Coding and Inequality

Ebony: 3 Ways You Can Help Children with Incarcerated Parents

New York City Adopts Nation’s Strongest ‘Ban the Box’ Policy as Momentum Builds for Fair-Chance Hiring Reforms

Fortune: How Uber is Ruining Your Chances of Getting a Decent Job

New York State Wage Board Hears Call from Workers and Advocates for $15 Fast-Food Minimum Wage

The Atlantic: St. Louis and Kansas City Join the Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage

NELP Applauds Los Angeles Workers, City Council on Historic Passage of $15 Wage

On St. Louis Proposing to Raise Its Minimum Wage to $15

Ohio Adopts Fair-Hiring Policy for Jobseekers with Records

ABC News: Proposed Labor Department changes could mean overtime pay for millions of salary workers

White House Conference on Aging Spotlights Need to Improve Home Care Jobs

Buffalo News: Voters Are Demanding Action on Poverty-Level Pay

NELP Announces New Board Leadership

On Release of GAO Study Detailing State Cuts in Unemployment Insurance

How The Minimum-Wage Debate Moved From Capitol Hill To City Halls

On Worker Protest at McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting: “Workers Are Winning”

Los Angeles Becomes Largest City to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage

On Los Angeles Becoming the Latest and Largest City to Raise Wages to $15

MSNBC: How can consumers combat wage theft?

Los Angeles Votes To Raise Minimum Wage To $15

Al Jazeera: Do Background Checks Mean a Safer Workforce?

MSNBC: Action on New York’s nail salon abuses

CNN: 4 ways the new overtime rules may affect your paycheck

New Republic: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Get Hired

New Alabama Unemployment Insurance Law Makes Part-Time Work Pay

New York Times: If the Price Seems Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is

Standing with Home Care Workers to Reform a Racial Injustice

CNN: Could $15 minimum wage be getting closer?

27 Senators Urge President Obama to Adopt Federal “Fair Chance” Hiring Policy

Prompted by Growing Fight for $15 Movement, NY Governor Moves to Raise Wages for Fast-Food Workers

Albany Times-Union: Cuomo’s Wage Move Shows Power of Collective Action

U.S. News & World Report: Working Overtime for Poverty Wages

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Sustain Missouri Governor’s Veto of Harmful Unemployment Insurance Cuts

POLITICO Pro: Cuomo Asserts Rarely Used Wage-Setting Power

On Governor Cuomo’s Plan to Raise Wages for New York’s Fast-Food Workers

On the Advancement of the New Federal Overtime Rules

CBS: Obama eyes big change to rules on overtime pay

The Atlantic: Where the Minimum Wage Fight Is Being Won

Press Conference: The Raise the Wage Act

NELP Applauds Introduction of Raise the Wage Act of 2015

CNN: Koch Brothers Are Right on Fair Chance Hiring

USA Today: Koch Industries Drops Criminal-History Question from Job Applications

Koch Industries Decision to ‘Ban the Box’ Signals Broad, Growing Appeal for Fair-Hiring Practices

Fight for $15 Movement Grows With Largest Low-Wage Worker Protests in U.S. History

MSNBC: 2016 candidates take on populist themes

Huffington Post: 6 of the Fastest-Growing Jobs in America Pay Low Wages

Huffington Post: Low-Wage Employers Cost Taxpayers Billions in Public Assistance and Lost Tax Revenue

PBS NewsHour: Would $15 save employees and break employers?

San Jose Mercury News: Apple Computer Hiring: Commitment to Second Chances Still Unclear

Fortune: Who Makes Less Than $15 per Hour? An Explainer in 3 Charts

As Movement For Higher Pay Grows, Report Examines Who Makes Less Than $15 in the U.S.

New York Times: Working, but Needing Public Assistance Anyway

Report: Family Caregivers Who Lose Jobs Due to Care Responsibilities Often Don’t Receive Jobless Aid

MSNBC: McDonald’s Wage Hike Still Falls Short

Virginia Governor Signs “Ban the Box” Executive Order

Data Points: Many of the Highest-Growth Occupations Are Low-Wage Jobs

On McDonald’s Wage Announcement

Albany Times-Union: Cuomo Can Hike Minimum Wage on His Own

On the Bipartisan Senate Test Vote for a Substantial Federal Minimum Wage Increase

Politico: Obama Urged to Do More to Help People with Records Find Jobs

Nearly 200 Groups Urge President Obama to Take Executive Action Adopting Fair-Chance Hiring Reforms for People with Records

Washington Post: D.C. Home Health Care Workers Organize to Seek $15 an Hour

LA Times: Scuttle the Exploitative 99-Seat Theatre Plan and Pay Actors Minimum Wage

Data Points: A Look at Involuntary Part-Time Work in Retail

Huffington Post: Giving Caregivers a Raise

NELP and Consumer and Employer Groups File Amicus Brief in D.C. Circuit Supporting DOL Companionship Regulations

New York Times (Editorial): Remove Unfair Barriers to Employment

CNN: Don’t Be Soothed by Walmart Pay Hike

Tipped Minimum Wage Increase in New York a Major Victory for Workers

Georgia Governor Signs “Ban the Box” Executive Order

Paying Home Care Workers $15/hr Would Put an Extra $16.5 Billion in Their Pockets and Add Tens of Thousands of Jobs to American Economy

Walmart gives 500,000 people a raise

NELP on Walmart’s Wage Announcement: Workers “Achieved Something Unprecedented”

CNN: Will Uber and Lyft Make Your Job Obsolete?

In New York Minimum Wage Debates, Lots of Talk, Little Action

Huffington Post: Who’s the Boss? Why Republicans Are Missing the Point on Joint Employer

The Hill: Unemployment Insurance—The Conversation No One Wants to Have

FiveThirtyEight: Unemployment Has Changed. Unemployment Benefits Haven’t.

Share of Unemployed Receiving Jobless Aid at Record Low

Washington Post: The Paths to Full Employment, Path 1: Fair-Hiring Practices for People with Records

Washington Post: Millions of formerly incarcerated still can’t get jobs. Here’s how the White House could help fix that.

NELP Applauds President Obama’s Call for Policies to Sustain Working Families

MSNBC: The State of Low-Wage America

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Major Minimum Wage Increase

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Major Minimum Wage Increase

NELP Decries U.S. District Court Judge’s Decision Vacating Federal Minimum Wage Rules for Home Care Workers

Report: Americans Work Longer Hours But Don’t Get Overtime Pay

MSNBC: Does increasing the minimum wage impact the economy?

On the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Denying Pay to Workers for Security Screenings

MSNBC: Fast Food Workers’ Strike Gains Steam

Talk Poverty: We Need Fair Chance Hiring of People With Criminal Records

Huffington Post: EEOC Champion of Vulnerable Workers Deserves Reconfirmation

Reuters: Manufacturing’s False Promise of a Decent Payday

Low-Wage Crisis Hits American Manufacturing

On President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration

Collateral Consequences Resource Center: Federal Regulation of Criminal Background Checking

MSNBC: Politicians Beware—The Movement for Higher Wages Has Arrived

Sacramento Bee: Next step with Prop. 47 is to Help Ex-Inmates Get Jobs

Talk Poverty: It Takes a Village to Enforce Fair Wage Laws

Seattle Needs Community Groups To Help Enforce New $15 Minimum Wage

Calls for Expansion of Work-Sharing Program to Avert Layoffs and Save Jobs

NELP Applauds Administration Effort to Boost Hiring of Long-Term Unemployed

MSNBC: Opposition to Raising the Minimum Wage Is Crumbling

Huffington Post: SCOTUS Must Side With Amazon Workers, Rule Against Preposterous Unpaid Time Req’t

City Council Motion Creates Path to $15.25 Minimum Wage in Los Angeles

Labor Department to Move Forward on Implementing Minimum Wage & Overtime Protections for Home Care Workers

Hate unemployment, not the unemployed

Workers, Advocates Call on Cuomo’s Wage Board to Eliminate Sub-Minimum Wage for 230K Tipped Workers in New York

On Seattle Establishing an Office to Enforce Its $15 Minimum Wage

US NEWS: The Permanent Temp Economy

MSNBC: Home Care Workers Join the ‘Fight for $15’

Restaurant Business: Minimum Wage Momentum is Fueled by the Facts

Temp Work At An All Time High

Political Research: The Shell Game of Contingent Employment

In Victory for Workers, CA Legislature Votes to Hold Employers Accountable for Labor Abuses by Third Party Staffing Agencies

TIME: The $15 Minimum Wage Is a Bellwether of the New Living Wage

Real Wages & Good-Paying Jobs Still Lagging in Unbalanced Recovery

New Jersey Governor Christie Signs Fair-Hiring Law, Ensuring Public and Private Employers “Ban the Box”

NELP Commends the President’s Fair Pay Executive Order

CNN: Who’s the Boss? McDonald’s is

On the NLRB General Counsel’s Directive That McDonald’s Can Be a “Joint Employer”

Huffington Post: $15.00 is the New Eight-Hour Day

Fifth anniversary of the last increase of the federal minimum wage

MSNBC: Why the Minimum Wage is Still $7.25 after all of these years

White House Honors NELP’s Christine Owens for Efforts to Raise Wages

Illinois Expands Fair-Hiring Law, Ensuring Private Employers “Ban the Box”

New Survey Finds California’s “Ban the Box” Law Takes Hold Across the State, Meeting AB 218’s July 1st Deadline

On the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Harris v. Quinn

Huffington Post: Raising Wages to Raise Profits

Roll Call: Unemployment Extension Vital for Long-Term Jobless

Unfair Background Checks Shut Out Californians from Fast-Growing Health Care Jobs

May Jobs Report Lands Amidst Wave of Action to Raise Wages

U.S. News & World Report: $15 Is the New $10.10

Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity: Making Unemployment Insurance Work Better for Low-Wage Families

Virginia Becomes 28th State to Enact Work-Sharing Program to Help Employers Avoid Layoffs

House Republican Leaders Run Out the Clock On Senate’s Renewal of Federal Jobless Aid

California Senate Approves $13 Minimum Wage with Indexing

Gov. Snyder and Michigan Legislature Move to Block $10.10 Minimum Wage Initiative from November Ballot

Following Historic Seattle Agreement, Chicago Becomes Next City to Consider $15 Minimum Wage

Salon: Get a Clue, McDonald’s: Why Its Business Model Has Utterly Failed

CNN: Fight for $15 an hour is winning in Seattle

Organizing Strategies and Successes from Campaign Leaders

What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Outsourced Work

Employer-Worker Partnerships and Strategies

David Weil: Ensuring Employer Accountability in Outsourced Workplaces

Delaware to Become 12th State to Endorse Fair Hiring of People with Records

President Obama Should Not Be Honoring Walmart

Outsourcing as Core Business Strategy Can Lead to Depressed Wages and Working Conditions, New Report Says

April Jobs Report Reinforces Job-Quality Concerns

On the Republican-Led Filibuster of Minimum Wage Legislation in the Senate

National Journal: Crossing Party Lines to Eliminate the Stigma of a Criminal Record

Hawaii Becomes Third State This Year to Raise Minimum Wage to $10.10, Adopts Nation’s Highest Wage Floor for Low-Paid Tipped Workers

Four Years Into Recovery, Low-Wage Work Dominates

Huffington Post: New York State: The New Oklahoma?

NEW POLL: 2/3’s of NY Small Business Owners Support Local Minimum Wages

Nebraska Becomes 1st Red State to “Ban the Box”; 11th State to Endorse Fair Hiring of People with Records

Vermont Workers Win Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage as State Legislature Raises Wage Floor to $10.50 per Hour

NELP Applauds Senate Vote to Renew Emergency Jobless Aid

NELP Applauds Confirmation of David Weil as USDOL Wage & Hour Administrator

Courier Times: McThieves: Fast-Food Giants Pickpocket Workers

Jobs Report Underscores Continuing Need for Congress to Aid Long-Term Unemployed and Low-Wage Workers

NJ: How Chris Christie Shortchanged NJ Truck Drivers

Salon: Blueberry Lies – WSJ Spearheads Disingenuous Effort to Keep Exploiting Farm Workers

Connecticut Poised to Pass Nation’s First $10.10 Minimum Wage

Hartford Courant: Domestic Workers Need Wage, Rules Rights

Huffington Post: Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Are Wrong

House Republican Leadership Running Out of Excuses to Obstruct Renewal of Jobless Aid

Heart of Bluegrass State is Latest to “Ban the Box” with Bipartisan Support; Part of Growing National Movement

Louisville the latest to join dozens of jurisdictions giving qualified job applicants who have past convictions a fair chance

Huffington Post: Raises on McDonald’s Menu

On President Obama’s Directive Expanding Overtime Pay

Jobs Report Better Than Expected But Still Offers Little Relief for 2 Million Long-Term Unemployed Cut Off From Federal Jobless Aid

The Hill: Jobs, Transit and American Communities

POLL: 57% of Small Business Owners Support $10.10 Minimum Wage

2 Million Long-term Unemployed Now Without Jobless Aid

Reuters: On Minimum Wage: Mind the Gap

Workers and US Government Cheated Out of Billions in Stolen Wages and Lost Tax Revenue.

Huffington Post: “Ban the Box” Fair Hiring Policies Take Hold Around the Nation

NELP Response to CBO Report on Impacts of Raising the Minimum Wage

Ongoing Long-Term Unemployment Crisis Clouds Jobs Report, Undermines Economic Recovery

On the Senate Filibuster of Emergency Jobless Aid Extension

The following is a statement from Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, on the Senate’s failure to bring to a vote a three-month extension of emergency unemployment compensation.

NELP Applauds President Obama’s Focus on Raising Wages and Helping Long-Term Unemployed Get Back on Their Feet

Grassroots & National Advocates Launch Initiative Calling on President Obama to Embrace Fair Chance Hiring Reforms

MSNBC: Honor Dr. King by helping people get work

Workers Launch Campaign to Stop Theft from Employee Paychecks

Weak Job Growth and Labor Force Decline Reinforce Need to Renew Federal Jobless Aid

On Senate Vote to Advance Emergency Unemployment Compensation Bill

Improving Unemployment Insurance Financing in New York