• NELA Commends New Workplace Harassment Legislation, The Bringing An End To Harassment By Enhancing Accountability And Rejecting Discrimination In The Workplace Act (BE HEARD Act)
• NELA Urges Passage Of The Paycheck Fairness Act. All Workers Deserve Equal Pay For Equal Work
• NELA Opposes Nomination Of Michael Park To The U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Second Circuit
• NELA Submits Comments To Department Of Education On Title IX Regulations’ Effect On Title VII Litigation & Urging That The NPRM Be Withdrawn
• NELA Opposes Nomination Of Neomi Rao To The U.S. Court of Appeals For The District Of Columbia
• NELA & THE NELA Institute Praise Google’s Move To End Forced Arbitration For Workers
• NELA & The NELA Institute Begin Search For Next Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow
• NELA Applauds Rare Forced Arbitration Victory at U.S. Supreme Court & Urges Greater Employee Protections
• Work For NELA: Program Manager
• NELA Internships Offer Opportunities To Undergraduate and Law Students Interested In Equality & Justice In The American Workplace

PublicationsTweets by @NELA_HQ

• On The Hill: NELA's Washington Report
• The Employee Advocate, NELA's Quarterly Publication (Members Only)

On-Demand Library

• 2016 Annual Convention
• Reining In Retaliation & Winning Whistleblower Cases
• Advocating For The Rights Of LGBT Employees
• Trial Advocacy Webinar Series

The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) advances employee rights and serves lawyers who advocate for equality and justice in the American workplace.

Our Vision

Workers will be paid at least a living wage in an environment free of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and capricious employment decisions; employers will fulfill their promises to provide retirement, health, and other benefits; workers' safety and livelihood will not be compromised for the sake of corporate profit and interests; and individuals will have effective legal representation to enforce their rights to a fair and just workplace, adequate remedies, and a right to trial by jury.

NELA is the country's largest professional organization that is exclusively comprised of lawyers who represent individual employees in cases involving employment discrimination and other employment-related matters.

NELA and its 69 state and local affiliates have more than 4,000 members.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of the National Employment Lawyers Association and essential to the achievement of our mission. When applied in unison, diversity, equity, and inclusion create meaningful representation and involvement of persons with varied backgrounds, experiences, identities, and abilities in every aspect of NELA, each with the opportunity to make robust contributions to the organization without discriminatory barriers. To express these values NELA promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in our organizational structure and policies, leadership, membership, programs and services, employment practices, and relationships with coalition partners and donors. NELA champions the culture of participation and equal opportunity that is woven into the fabric of our mission and vision for workers and workplaces nationwide.