Workers' Rights
Worker Rights - U.S. Department of Labor
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting most full-time and part-time ...
What Are Workers' Rights? - U.S. Department of Labor
Freedom of association is the right of workers and employers to organize to defend their interests, including for the purpose of negotiating salaries, benefits ...
Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights - Missouri Department of Labor
Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights · Work Hours. There is no minimum or maximum number of hours an employee may be scheduled or asked to work. · Travel Time.
Employee Rights | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Employees have a right to: These rights are based on federal employment discrimination laws. Other federal, state or local laws may also apply to your business.
OSHA Worker Rights and Protections - OSHA
Know Your Rights · Receive workplace safety and health training in a language you understand · Work on machines that are safe · Refuse to work in a situation in ...
Labor laws and worker protection | USAGov
You have the right to work in a safe environment. If your workplace is unsafe, report your employer to the government agency that regulates it. The Family ...
This publication provides a general overview of worker rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). This publication does not alter or ...
Home page Worker.gov: Learn about rights and protections you have against discrimination as a worker in the United States.
Your Rights | National Labor Relations Board
Employee Rights Employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act are afforded certain rights to join together to improve their wages and working ...
In general, these rights influence working conditions in the relations of employment. One of the most prominent is the right to freedom of association, ...
Workers' rights - National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
Workers' rights encompass a large array of human rights from the right to decent work and freedom of association to equal opportunity and protection against ...
National Labor Relations Board: Home
The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a ...
Workers' Rights - National Immigration Law Center
Overview. All people—no matter where we come from or our immigration status—should be paid fairly and be able to work in safe and healthy conditions. Safe ...
Labor Laws and Links - Missouri Department of Labor
Workers' Safety Program (RSMo 287.123). Mine and Cave Safety. Mining Regulations (RSMo 293); Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners (RSMo 444.010-444.330) ...
Worker Rights - Employees - Illinois Department of Labor
Minimum Wage Law. Illinois requires employers to pay a minimum of $13.00 per hour for workers 18 years of age and older; workers under 18 may be paid $.50 per ...
US workers' rights | Oxfam America
What are workers' rights?
Workers' Rights - Public Justice
At Public Justice, we empower workers and unions to stand up to employers and help put an end to unfair labor practices.
Issues - Worker Rights Consortium
The pressure to cut costs wherever possible leads factory owners and managers to squeeze labor in turn. Beyond low wages, workers experience this price squeeze ...
Workers' Rights: Labor standards and global trade
The second argument for strict labor standards stresses not the welfare of poor workers, but simple economic self-interest. A trading partner that fails to ...
Your Rights | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
You have a right to work free of discrimination. This means that your employer cannot make job decisions because of your race, color, religion, sex (including ...
Sex workers' rights
Sex workers' rights encompass a variety of aims being pursued globally by individuals and organizations that specifically involve the human, health, and labor rights of sex workers and their clients.
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
CrimeThe murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction and murder of three activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement.