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 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 News Release On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries—a Win for Delivery Drivers Today’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries upholds delivery workers’ rights to seek unpaid wages in court. April 12, 2024 News Release March Jobs Report: Ten Percent of Workers Are Self-Employed, But Millions May Be Misclassified The unemployment rate dipped slightly to 3.8% in March, while the economy added 303,000 jobs. April 5, 2024 News Release On OSHA’s Updated Worker Walkaround Rule Many workers will now have the benefit of third-party representation during worksite walkaround inspections. March 29, 2024 News Release On Minneapolis’s New Minimum Pay Standard for Uber and Lyft Drivers We applaud the Minneapolis City Council for passing a minimum pay standard for app-based ride-hail drivers. March 15, 2024 Press Clips Ithaca Voice: Most Employers Can Fire Workers at Will. There’s a Push to Change That in Ithaca. Lawmakers in Ithaca proposed "just cause" legislation to prevent unfair firings. March 11, 2024
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
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
News Release On the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries—a Win for Delivery Drivers Today’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries upholds delivery workers’ rights to seek unpaid wages in court. April 12, 2024
News Release March Jobs Report: Ten Percent of Workers Are Self-Employed, But Millions May Be Misclassified The unemployment rate dipped slightly to 3.8% in March, while the economy added 303,000 jobs. April 5, 2024
News Release On OSHA’s Updated Worker Walkaround Rule Many workers will now have the benefit of third-party representation during worksite walkaround inspections. March 29, 2024
News Release On Minneapolis’s New Minimum Pay Standard for Uber and Lyft Drivers We applaud the Minneapolis City Council for passing a minimum pay standard for app-based ride-hail drivers. March 15, 2024
Press Clips Ithaca Voice: Most Employers Can Fire Workers at Will. There’s a Push to Change That in Ithaca. Lawmakers in Ithaca proposed "just cause" legislation to prevent unfair firings. March 11, 2024
