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Statement of Christine Owens, Executive Director, National Employment Law Project “Five million immigrants who live and work as members of(…)

Twenty years ago, criminal record background checks for employment were rare. Today, the easy accessibility of criminal records on the(…)

Sure, Democrats – who have championed increasing the minimum wage – might have lost the Senate. But across both red(…)

Proposition 47, which California voters overwhelmingly approved Tuesday, could change the course of the state’s criminal justice system. By changing(…)

Seattle made history in June when it became the first major city in America to pass a livable minimum wage(…)

Seattle, WA—Seattle made history by becoming first city in the nation to adopt a $15 minimum wage, but it will(…)

Washington, DC—Time is running out for two-dozen states to tap into federal money for expanding a widely praised employer program(…)

Washington, DC—The National Employment Law Project welcomed the Obama administration’s announcement today of its latest efforts to improve the job(…)

In an interview last week, the soon-to-be-named chairman of the National Retail Federation (NRF), Container Store CEO Kip Tindell, pledged(…)