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Find Out About Your Rights at Work

Find Out About Your Rights at Work

There are lots of new features and information on our revamped website, just click around. But we’ve refreshed some old favorites including the popular and frequently visited Your Rights at Work. It is also available in Spanish here.

We are all guaranteed by law safe, healthy and fair workplaces. But we all know many employers—maybe yours—violate these rights. At Your Rights at Work, you will find links to government agencies and other organizations and information that can help you.

Wondering what the law says about discrimination based on age? Click here. Know somebody whose boss has threatened or punished them for trying to bring a union into their workplace? Find out what they can do here.

Do you know what your rights are under the Family and Medical Leave Act to take care of yourself or a sick family member? Click here. If you want to report unsafe or unhealthy conditions in the workplace, click here to find out how.   

Is your employer stealing your wages or denying you the overtime pay you are due? Click here and here. Have you lost your job and been denied unemployment benefits? Click here.

There is information on dozens of more workplace rights issues. Check out the other vital resources at Your Rights at Work.

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