Rick Mchugh Email & Phone Number

Since November 2014, I have been an apprentice retiree--meaning I try to spend half my working time investigating questions like why the U.S. doesn't provide jobs to the unemployed anymore; what political economy and philosophy tell us about labor rights; and why I can't catch more fish. I heartily recommend your taking this sort of apprenticeship at your earliest opportunity!My paid work involves my role as Senior Staff Attorney for National Employment Law Project (NELP) where I have worked since 2000. This position involves administrative and legislative advocacy, mostly on unemployment insurance policy at the state level. In this role, I have written and presented testimony to state legislative and Congressional committees. Most recently, I have completed an August 2015 report on how volatile scheduling practices intersect with UI law (co-author Liz Ben-Ishai of CLASP) and substantially revised and updated NELP's UI Advocate's Toolkit.A detailed listing of my policy and legal work is found below in my summary of publications.

Listed skills include Public Policy, Litigation, Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, and 4 others.