On Essential Policies to Modernize Michigan’s Unemployment System

On October 12, 2023, Amy Traub testified before the Michigan Senate Committee on Labor about essential policies to modernize Michigan’s unemployment system.

Breaking Down the NLRB Decision in Atlanta Opera and Its Potential Impact on App-Based Ridehail and Delivery Workers

This factsheet breaks down the NLRB’s decision and explains how it may impact the rights of app-based workers to organize a union.

In Opposition to Corporate Bill to Legalize Ridehail Employee Misclassification in Massachusetts

On October 10, 2023, Sally Dworak-Fisher testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in opposition to H. 1848.

A Good Living: Amazon Can and Must Make a Middle-Income Livelihood Possible for the People Who Work in Its Warehouses

This report includes recommendations to ensure Amazon lives up to its promise of being a leader in worker compensation.

Unemployment Insurance Had Less Capacity to Cut Poverty in 2022

Despite rollbacks in benefits and eligibility, unemployment benefits kept more than 400,000 people out of poverty in 2022.

Unemployment Insurance for Striking Workers Helps California’s Families, Communities, and Economy

Why the U.S. Needs at Least a $17 Minimum Wage

This article shows how the Raise the Wage Act would benefit U.S. workers, their families, and entire communities.

Comments to the DOL: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

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.

Why is Expanding Unemployment Insurance Eligibility a Racial, Gender, and Disability Justice Imperative?

When workers lose a job, unemployment insurance provides crucial economic security. However, the overwhelming majority of jobless workers do not get benefits.

Workers Lose Billions in Unpaid Wages Every Year

The failure to enforce wage laws creates economic insecurity for workers and encourages dishonest employers to continue their illegal wage practices.