Enforcement
Across the country, growing numbers of workers are routinely subject to minimum wage and overtime violations, unsafe working conditions, discrimination, and retaliation for speaking up or trying to organize. Their ability to seek recourse is often constrained - by lack of legal status, by lack of access to legal services, and by lack of effective government enforcement of workplace laws.
To respond, the Brennan Center is working with immigrant advocates to develop new strategies for enforcing our nation's employment and labor laws without driving vulnerable workers further underground. Our work reflects a multi-part strategy: conducting original research to document the scope of this growing problem; promoting legislative reform of wage protections; developing blueprints for overhauling administrative wage enforcement practices by state labor departments; and developing innovative local enforcement policies.
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NAFTA Violation: Mexican Government Asks U.S. to Respond to Labor Violations
In a response to a complaint filed by sixteen Latin American workers, BC lawyers and a coalition of workers’ rights organizations urge the U.S. to act.
Proposed New York City local law that creates a process for the City to consider a restaurant’s employment law violations when deciding whether to grant or renew the restaurant’s operating permit.
Responsible Restaurant Act Fact Sheet
Fact sheet explaining the Responsible Restaurant Act, a bill proposed in the New York City Council.