https://www.nelp.org/
Feb 11, 2026 - NELP is leading the fight for a good-jobs economy. Our victories over the last decade have impacted the lives of 100 million workers and their families.
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https://www.nelp.org/explore-the-issues/minimum-living-wage/
Dec 22, 2025 - NELP is fighting for living wages that people and families can thrive on. Good jobs are the foundation of an economy that works for everyone.
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https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/48333bd7a1c9491b9d0874175726a7a2-national-employment-law-project-nelp-new-york
The National Employment Law Project is a non-profit advocacy organization serving a broad constituency of individual workers, legal advocates, community-based...
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https://www.nelp.org/minimum-wage-rises-in-some-states-as-workers-struggle-with-basic-costs/
NELP's Yannet Lathrop explains how raising the minimum wage helps address the affordability crisis.
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https://www.nelp.org/explore-the-issues/contracted-workers/joint-employer-accountability/?pagenum=2&tag=social-insurance
The legal concept of joint employment keeps corporations that use subcontracted labor accountable for labor standards.
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https://www.nelp.org/creating-barriers-public-assistance-not-pathway-work/
If this administration truly wants to invest in helping people get quality jobs, it would support measures to improve job quality. When people have health...
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https://www.nelp.org/insights-research/retaliation-funds-new-tool-tackle-wage-theft/?tag=indepen
A retaliation fund enables workers to quickly access meaningful financial support if they lose their job or otherwise face retaliation for reporting wage theft.
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https://www.nelp.org/progressive-coalition-calls-for-bold-action-to-empower-workers/
New national report, The New Social Contract for Workers, calling on elected leaders to embrace a slate of new public policies to promote workplace democracy...
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https://www.nelp.org/insights-research/comments-on-worker-walkaround-representative-designation-process/
The proposed rule will ensure that OSHA is able to obtain critical information about worksite conditions and hazards, keeping workplaces across the country...
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https://www.nelp.org/insights-research/?_topic=contracted-workers
Our Insights & Research resources expose the economic and legal challenges facing U.S. workers and offer policy solutions to help solve them.
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https://www.nelp.org/insights-research/the-right-to-refuse-unsafe-work-in-an-era-of-climate-change/
Workers must have a real right to refuse dangerous work in the face of natural disasters, and it must be supported with job-protected rights to paid leave,...
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