Home Newsroom Newsroom Featured News News Release June Jobs Report: Working in Extreme Heat News Release On the U.S. Department of Labor’s Rule on How it Determines Independent Contractor or Employee Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act Blog Gov. Newsom’s Wrong Decision to Carve Out Incarcerated Workers from Heat Standards Blog Q&A with Rebecca Dixon on Her Vision for a Good-Jobs Economy Search Filters Topic Type Series Date News Release SEC’s Final Regulation Best Interest Package Falls Short for Workers, Investors The SEC issued today a final Regulation Best Interest package that leaves working people with fewer, not more, protections. June 5, 2019 News Release Puerto Rico Grants 30-Day Extension to Apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance May 31, 2019 News Release Report: McDonald’s Fails to Protect Workers from Gun Violence, Robberies, Attacks Our report documents an epidemic of workplace violence at McDonald's restaurants, compounded by the company’s failure to protect its workers. May 22, 2019 News Release Connecticut to Become Seventh State in Nation, Fourth This Year, to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage May 17, 2019 Blog Uber Drivers Should Be Eligible for Unemployment: What’s at Stake in PA Case Our amicus brief argues that there are compelling social and public policy reasons why “gig” workers like Uber drivers should be treated like employees for purposes of unemployment compensation eligibility and coverage. May 16, 2019 Blog News About a Year-end Leadership Transition Under Chris’s leadership, NELP has more than doubled in size and tripled its budget. May 15, 2019 News Release On the NLRB Memo Finding Uber Drivers to Be Independent Contractors The NLRB memo ignores the reality of Uber’s relationship with its drivers and the myriad ways it controls their work. May 14, 2019 News Release Activists Rally in Albany Demanding Labor Protections for Long-Excluded Farmworkers Advocates rally in the state capitol today in support of legislation to extend basic labor protections to New York’s agricultural workers. May 6, 2019 News Release Colorado Legislature Approves Landmark Bill to Repeal Preemption of Local Minimum Wage Laws Governor Jared Polis is expected to sign the bill into law. May 3, 2019 News Release Home Care Workers Will Fight Trump Administration’s Latest Move to Silence Workers’ Voices May 2, 2019
News Release On the U.S. Department of Labor’s Rule on How it Determines Independent Contractor or Employee Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act
News Release SEC’s Final Regulation Best Interest Package Falls Short for Workers, Investors The SEC issued today a final Regulation Best Interest package that leaves working people with fewer, not more, protections. June 5, 2019
News Release Puerto Rico Grants 30-Day Extension to Apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance May 31, 2019
News Release Report: McDonald’s Fails to Protect Workers from Gun Violence, Robberies, Attacks Our report documents an epidemic of workplace violence at McDonald's restaurants, compounded by the company’s failure to protect its workers. May 22, 2019
News Release Connecticut to Become Seventh State in Nation, Fourth This Year, to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage May 17, 2019
Blog Uber Drivers Should Be Eligible for Unemployment: What’s at Stake in PA Case Our amicus brief argues that there are compelling social and public policy reasons why “gig” workers like Uber drivers should be treated like employees for purposes of unemployment compensation eligibility and coverage. May 16, 2019
Blog News About a Year-end Leadership Transition Under Chris’s leadership, NELP has more than doubled in size and tripled its budget. May 15, 2019
News Release On the NLRB Memo Finding Uber Drivers to Be Independent Contractors The NLRB memo ignores the reality of Uber’s relationship with its drivers and the myriad ways it controls their work. May 14, 2019
News Release Activists Rally in Albany Demanding Labor Protections for Long-Excluded Farmworkers Advocates rally in the state capitol today in support of legislation to extend basic labor protections to New York’s agricultural workers. May 6, 2019
News Release Colorado Legislature Approves Landmark Bill to Repeal Preemption of Local Minimum Wage Laws Governor Jared Polis is expected to sign the bill into law. May 3, 2019
News Release Home Care Workers Will Fight Trump Administration’s Latest Move to Silence Workers’ Voices May 2, 2019