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Know Your Rights at Work
Have you experienced discrimination, sexual harassment, or retaliation at work?
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Stand Up for Your Rights at Work
Have you experienced discrimination, sexual harassment, or retaliation at work? What about wrongful termination or a hostile work environment?
Common Questions
Your Rights
Wage Theft
Wage theft means not paying workers for their labor. It includes paying less than minimum wage, stealing tips, not paying overtime, and requiring off-the-clock work. Wage theft costs workers an estimated $50 billion a year.
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Workplace Discrimination
Workplace discrimination means mistreating a job applicant, contractor, or employee because of their race, gender, age, disability, religion, or another protected category.
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Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other harassment of a sexual nature at work.
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Retaliation
Workplace retaliation happens when an employer punishes their employee for complaining about discrimination or harassment, filing a wage theft claim, or acting as a whistleblower.
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Hostile Work Environment
When offensive behavior, harassment, or hostile conduct affects your ability to work, it can qualify as a hostile work environment.
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Wrongful Termination
Wrongful termination means firing an employee for an illegal reason, such as an act of discrimination or retaliation.
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