NELP supports the proposed revision to the US DOL Wage and Hour Division’s guidance on who is covered employee and who is an independent contractor under the FLSA.
When workers lose a job, unemployment insurance provides crucial economic security. However, the overwhelming majority of jobless workers do not get benefits.
In recent years, corporations have vastly expanded automated or electronic surveillance of workers and reliance on data-driven or algorithmic management.
This report explains how revised federal performance standards can be a powerful tool for increasing equitable access to unemployment insurance benefits.
