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Rights & Resources for Worker Safety & Health Amidst …

WebWorker Safety & Health During COVID-19 Pandemic: Rights & Resources. NELP is providing this policy toolkit for workers, their advocates and allies, and policymakers to …

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Health & Safety

WebNELP uses these strategies to build safer workplaces: Innovative policy solutions: We support workers organizing for just cause standards, worker protections in warehouses, …

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Higher Minimum Wages and Mixed Effects on Health

WebRaising minimum wage reduces suicides but has mixed effects on overall physical health, a beneficial or no effect on obesity, and an adverse effect on smoking. More rigorous …

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Protecting Worker Safety & Health in the COVID Crisis: A State

WebBackground. In this COVID-19 pandemic, protecting worker health is central to protecting public health. All workers who are on the job during this pandemic—from workers in the …

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On the Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill

WebOn the Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill. News Release September 26, 2017. Like previous attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Graham-Cassidy bill would have a …

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How States and Cities Can Respond to Workers’ Demands for …

WebTo support the health, safety, and financial security of workers and their families, states and cities should: Adopt and aggressively enforce the new emergency temporary standards …

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How States and Localities Can Protect Workplace Safety and Health

WebA Joint Publication from Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program and NELP. As states consider how to protect public health amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, various …

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Precarious at Work, Precarious in Health

WebPrecarious at Work, Precarious in Health. The coronavirus is making painfully clear how difficult life is for underpaid workers in this country—from a lack of paid sick leave to …

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NELP Opposes Taking Health Care Away From 22 Million Americans

WebAround 22 million to 23 million more Americans would end up without health insurance, according to nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projections—an unconscionable …

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Worker Safety in Crisis: The Cost of a Weakened OSHA

WebLowest Number of OSHA Inspectors Since 1975. Despite a promise by the Trump administration that the number of workplace safety and health inspectors would increase …

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Foundations for a Just and Inclusive Recovery

WebThe Just Recovery Survey measures the experiences and responses of U.S. workers—particularly underpaid and frontline workers, Black and Latinx workers, and …

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Workplace Safety & Health Enforcement Falls to Lowest Levels in …

WebWhile the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the Trump administration implements a new enforcement rating system to disguise further declines …

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FAQ: Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19

WebThe COVID-19 public health crisis is creating many challenges for immigrant workers and their families. [1] An estimated six million immigrants are in essential jobs at the front …

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A Healthy Balance

Webdiversity of the health care workforce, often drawing from young people in those communities hardest hit by unemployment. Especially noteworthy is the E mergency …

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On the DOL’s Final Rule on Association Health Plans

WebThe Labor Department issued a final rule that radically expands access to largely unregulated health insurance through so-called Association Health Plans (AHPs). As a …

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The Right to Refuse Unsafe Work in an Era of Climate Change

WebExecutive Summary. With the climate crisis accelerating, workers in every state will increasingly face natural dangers in the workplace. The right to refuse dangerous work …

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Horrendous Health Care Bill Finally Dies in a Week of Attacks on

WebResearchers at George Washington University estimate that the U.S. would have lost a million jobs in health care by 2026 if the Senate bill had passed, due largely to the …

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DRAFT MODEL LEGISLATION Health Emergency

WebHealth Emergency The following model bill would establish a general right to paid sick time, including additional leave for a public health emergency. Inclusion of public health …

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Advancing Home Care Worker Rights

WebAdvancing Home Care Worker Rights. fter four decades of being excluded from the federal minimum wage and overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act, our nation’s …

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Addressing Occupational Segregation Means Centering Black …

WebMany Black women also work in positions that are now deemed essential including as nursing assistants, home health aides, and child care workers. This requirement to work …

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Good Cause Quits

WebLeaving a job because a worker’s physical or mental health conditions prevent the worker from doing this job. A worker would qualify as long as they are able to perform other …

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