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No Due Process, No Rights: How Forced Arbitration Enables Misclassification In The Gig Economy

August 11, 2021

By NIWR

I. Introduction The gig economy represents a multibillion-dollar sector of the American economy[1], and as many as one-third of workers in America are gig workers.[2] The gig economy has […]

The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy And The National Employment Lawyers Association Appoint New Executive Director

December 10, 2020

By NIWR Blog

Seasoned legal advocate and former workers’ rights attorney Jeffrey A. Mittman selected by unanimous board vote Concord, Calif. – Dec. 10, 2020 – After an extensive nationwide search, the National […]

Spotlight On California: AB 5, Proposition 22, And The Fight For Gig Workers’ Rights

October 22, 2020

By NIWR

By Christy England, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow The Harms Of Misclassification: The COVID-19 Pandemic And Beyond As workers across the country face unprecedented challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed […]

Interactive Timeline Series Traces How The U.S. Supreme Court Forced Arbitration On America’s Workers

July 10, 2019

By NIWR Blog

Over 60 million of America’s non-union private-sector workers are bound by forced arbitration clauses that bury claims of employer wrongdoing behind closed doors. Many of those clauses also silo workers […]

The Institute Publishes New Report Exposing Widespread Use Of Arbitration Clauses In Employment Contracts

October 4, 2017

By NIWR Blog

The Institute is pleased to have published a groundbreaking report by Professor Imre S. Szalai, the Judge John D. Wessel Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at Loyola University New Orleans […]

Class And Collective Action Bans Help Keep Low-Wage Workers Trapped In Poverty

September 10, 2017

By Elizabeth Colman, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow

Elizabeth Colman, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow This October, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a trio of cases challenging whether employers can legally force workers to […]

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