Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Firing of Thousands of Federal Workers Blog Clear, Grounded, and Resolved: Rising Above the Chaos of the Trump Administration Blog MLK’s Dream vs. Trump-Era Policies: Advancing Workers’ Rights in 2025 Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips Fast Company: Amazon Says Its Warehouses Have Become Safer. This Report Claims Injury Rates Are Still Too High NELP found that Amazon’s injury rate in 2023 was 71% higher than that of other employers in the warehousing sector. May 10, 2024 News Release April Jobs Report: As Job Growth Slows, Unemployment Insurance is Critical for Children and Families A strong unemployment insurance system is essential to prevent job loss from pushing families into deeper economic hardship. May 3, 2024 Press Clips Fast Company: Am I Entitled to Overtime Pay? Everything You Need to Know About the New Salary Rules Millions of lower-paid salaried workers who previously did not qualify for overtime will be eligible beginning this summer. April 26, 2024 Blog Gov. Newsom’s Wrong Decision to Carve Out Incarcerated Workers from Heat Standards California’s exemption of incarcerated workers from new workplace heat protections continues a pattern of cruel exclusions built on a foundation of slavery. April 24, 2024 Blog Q&A with Rebecca Dixon on Her Vision for a Good-Jobs Economy In our conversation, Rebecca shares her journey from Mississippi to the forefront of advocacy. April 23, 2024 News Release NELP Commends DOL’s Final Rule to Expand Overtime Eligibility NELP commends the USDOL for its final rule to strengthen and expand overtime protections for more workers across the country. April 23, 2024 Blog People with Records Have Fought Hard to “Ban the Box” Today, 37 states and nearly 200 cities and counties across the country have adopted some form of fair chance policy. April 23, 2024 News Release On the FTC’s Non-Compete Contracts Rule The National Employment Law Project (NELP) applauds the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-compete contracts for virtually all workers. April 23, 2024 Press Clips Open to Debate: Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications? NELP's Beth Avery argued in support of ban-the-box policies on this public radio debate. April 19, 2024 Press Clips LA Times: California in a Jam After Borrowing Billions to Pay Unemployment Benefits NELP's Amy Traub discussed the root cause of the shortfall in California's unemployment insurance fund. April 18, 2024
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
Press Clips Fast Company: Amazon Says Its Warehouses Have Become Safer. This Report Claims Injury Rates Are Still Too High NELP found that Amazon’s injury rate in 2023 was 71% higher than that of other employers in the warehousing sector. May 10, 2024
News Release April Jobs Report: As Job Growth Slows, Unemployment Insurance is Critical for Children and Families A strong unemployment insurance system is essential to prevent job loss from pushing families into deeper economic hardship. May 3, 2024
Press Clips Fast Company: Am I Entitled to Overtime Pay? Everything You Need to Know About the New Salary Rules Millions of lower-paid salaried workers who previously did not qualify for overtime will be eligible beginning this summer. April 26, 2024
Blog Gov. Newsom’s Wrong Decision to Carve Out Incarcerated Workers from Heat Standards California’s exemption of incarcerated workers from new workplace heat protections continues a pattern of cruel exclusions built on a foundation of slavery. April 24, 2024
Blog Q&A with Rebecca Dixon on Her Vision for a Good-Jobs Economy In our conversation, Rebecca shares her journey from Mississippi to the forefront of advocacy. April 23, 2024
News Release NELP Commends DOL’s Final Rule to Expand Overtime Eligibility NELP commends the USDOL for its final rule to strengthen and expand overtime protections for more workers across the country. April 23, 2024
Blog People with Records Have Fought Hard to “Ban the Box” Today, 37 states and nearly 200 cities and counties across the country have adopted some form of fair chance policy. April 23, 2024
News Release On the FTC’s Non-Compete Contracts Rule The National Employment Law Project (NELP) applauds the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-compete contracts for virtually all workers. April 23, 2024
Press Clips Open to Debate: Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications? NELP's Beth Avery argued in support of ban-the-box policies on this public radio debate. April 19, 2024
Press Clips LA Times: California in a Jam After Borrowing Billions to Pay Unemployment Benefits NELP's Amy Traub discussed the root cause of the shortfall in California's unemployment insurance fund. April 18, 2024