Disaster Unemployment Assistance: How Workers Can Access the Program After 2019 Midwest Floods

Disaster Unemployment Assistance is available in designated disaster counties in Iowa and Nebraska. Learn how to apply.

Summary of NELP Amicus Briefs 2018-2019

Letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform RE: H.R. 1076

Rights at Risk: Gig Companies’ Campaign to Upend Employment as We Know It

Report details how tech companies like #Uber and #Handy have worked with powerful corporate allies and spent millions to rewrite employment laws in their favor.

The Federal Minimum Wage Should Be a Robust National Wage Floor, Not Adjusted Region by Region

Billions Are Lost to Wage Theft Every Year—New Jersey Must Act to Protect Workers’ Paychecks and Level Playing Field for Employers

Workplace Safety Enforcement Continues to Decline in Trump Administration

NELP Amicus Brief Zabriskie v. Federal National Mortgage Association

NELP’s brief highlighted the potential impacts on working people, particularly workers with records, who are disproportionately people of color.

Support H.R. 1076 (The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019)

The Fair Chance Act of 2019 will provide millions of Americans with equal access to federal employment opportunities and set an example for states and private employers to adopt fair chance polices that relieve workplace reentry barriers.

In Support of a $15 Minimum Wage in Connecticut

On March 7, 2019, Leo Gertner testified before the Connecticut General Assembly, Labor and Public Employees Committee, in support of a $15 minimum wage.