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NELP serves a broad constituency of low-wage workers and the unemployed, as well as attorneys,
community-based organizations, labor unions, public interest groups, and service providers.
Its mission is to improve the lives of the working poor and the unemployed by expanding their
employment rights and access to support systems. NELP focuses on assisting people excluded
from the mainstream economy, a group that primarily consists of people of color, women,
immigrants and contingent workers.
NELP's primary areas of advocacy are ensuring that workfare participants have employment rights of other workers; job creation efforts; enforcement of basic employment laws, such as wage and hour laws, the Family & Medical Leave Act, health and safety and anti-discrimination laws; and expanding the safety net for low wage workers by advocating in the unemployment compensation and job training areas. The Peggy Browning Fund Summer Intern will assist NELP attorneys in all aspects of their work. Interns perform legal research in support of litigation, policy advocacy and community education and assist in drafting manuals and articles for publications. Students interested in applying to The National Employment Law Project for a Peggy Browning Fund internship \ should submit an application package to:
Jim Williams, Executive Director
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