On July 25, 2018, NELA joined the Economic Policy Institute and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in supporting an amicus brief authored by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) in New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira , pending currently in the U.S. Supreme Court. The case concerns...
New Prime v. Oliveira_NELP NELA Amicus Brief_072518.pdf
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On April 28, 2015, NELA joined the National Employment Law Project (NELP), the Legal Aid Society of New York, Urban Justice Center, and Make the Road New York (MRNY) to file an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs-appellants Mazhar Saleem and more than 200 opt-in plaintiffs and others...
FINAL Filed Amicus Brief Saleem v. CTG.pdf
On December 20, 2012, NELA filed an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a group of Home Mortgage Consultants (HMC) who alleged they were misclassified by their employer and therefore unlawfully denied overtime payments in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act ...
In re Wells Fargo W & H Litigation_NELA Amicus_Final.pdf
On August 10, 2012, NELA joined Interfaith Worker Justice, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) as amicus curiae in Scantland v. Knight Enterprises, Inc. (Case No. 12-12614), pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, urging...
Scantland Amicus brief filed.pdf
NELA and the National Employment Law Project joined together as amicus curiae to urge the U.S. Supreme Court in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham (Case No. 11-204) to endorse the right of pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs) to be classified as non-exempt employees. The petitioner...
NELA Amicus_020612.pdf