New Report, and New Book Excerpt

Last week I went to a press conference where the National Employment Law Project (NELP) released a new study about labor law violations in New York City. The report, Working Without Laws, is based on a survey of nearly 1,500 low-wage workers. I've put a link to the report below, but here are some of most notable findings:

- One in five workers were paid less than the minimum wage
- More than two-thirds of the workers who were owed meal breaks were not given them as required by law
- More than...