Closing The Enforcement Gat

Public Enforcement of Workers’ Rights With Contingency-Fee Outside Counsel

April 9, 2026

By Terri Gerstein, Director NYU Wagner Labor Initiative, Asher Morse, NIWR Attorney Fellow, Jason Solomon, NIWR Director

Executive Summary The Problem: An Enforcement Crisis Workers’ rights enforcement in the United States faces a convergence of crises. Employers steal an estimated $15 billion annually in wages through minimum-wage […]

Disparate Impact Civil Rights Claims: A Crucial Tool Under Attack

November 3, 2025

By Democracy Forward, NIWR, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Legal Defense Fund

Disparate impact claims have long helped dismantle unjust barriers to opportunity—ensuring fairer access to housing, education, and economic stability. But these vital civil rights protections are now under threat.

Old Boundaries, New Horizons: How Anti-Discrimination Law Can Better Protect Black Gig Workers in the Time of COVID-19

August 11, 2021

By Christy England

The gig economy continues to garner attention in legal scholarship, social science research, and public discourse in general. The COVID-19 pandemic has also shed light on the plight of gig workers in general, and Black gig workers in particular.

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 Worst Of Both Worlds: The Implications Of Prop 22 For Workers In California And Beyond

March 17, 2021

By NIWR

Introduction During the November 2020 election, California voters passed Proposition 22 (“Prop 22”) after gig companies like Uber and Lyft waged a multi-million dollar campaign encouraging voters to vote “yes.” […]

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 […]

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