Rebooting Puerto Rico’s Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program

Behind the Arches: How McDonald’s Fails to Protect Workers From Workplace Violence

This report outlines the extent and severity of workplace violence at McDonald’s stores.

NELP Comments on Proposed Exemptions to Overtime Coverage Under Fair Labor Standards Act

NELP and Mon Valley Amicus Brief Lowman v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Amici curiae Mon Valley Unemployed Committee and National Employment Law Project, Inc. submit this brief in support of Appellee Donald Lowman.

USDOL Opinion Letter on Gig Work: A Narrow, Faulty Ruling With No Precedential Effect

Ending Injustice in Our Fields and Dairies: New York State Should Extend Basic Labor Protections to Farmworkers

We must end the discrimination in New York’s fields and dairies, and to extend collective bargaining rights and other baseline labor protections to farmworkers.

In Support of the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act in New York

On May 2, 2019, Patricia Smith testified before the NYS Senate in support of the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act, S.2837(Ramos)/A.2750(Nolan).

Magana v. DoorDash (on political coercion in the workplace)

On Widespread Wage Theft and the Resources Needed For USDOL to Enforce Protections

On April 9, 2019, Laura Huizar testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on widespread wage theft and resources required for USDOL to enforce protections.

Special 2019 Extension of Federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance for the U.S. Virgin Islands After Hurricanes Maria and Irma

If you were unemployed due to Hurricane Maria or Hurricane Irma, you may be eligible to obtain up to 52 weeks of federal "DUA" (Disaster Unemployment Assistance) benefits under a new federal law passed on October 5, 2018. These benefit funds are processed through the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Labor.  As of August 5, the deadline to file for DUA in USVI is extended to August 30, 2019.