employee rights
Workplace legal safeguards
Employee rights are the legal protections and entitlements workers have in relation to their employers.
These typically include fair wages, safe working conditions, freedom from discrimination, and the ability to organize.
The scope varies by jurisdiction: In the U.S., employee rights include protection against wrongful termination.
The term often appears in labor disputes and workplace policy discussions.
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- OSHA regulationsFederal workplace safety requirements
- right to organizeWorkers' union-forming freedom
- employment contractsBinding job-term documents
- salary transparencyOpen sharing of pay
family medical leave · overtime pay · disability accommodations · right to privacy · break time · whistleblower protections · labor laws · severance packages · equal pay · due process · fair treatment · union contracts · unemployment benefits · collective bargaining · workplace discrimination · hostile work environment · picket · wrongful termination
- Workplace Discriminationage discrimination, disability discrimination, equal pay, gender bias, pregnancy discrimination
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- time offvacation, holiday, weekend, break, rest
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- labor economicsjob market, labor supply, labor demand, employment rates, unemployment rates
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
employee rightsemployer rights
Business owner's legal authorities
corporate power · ownership rights · shareholder interests · at-will employment · executive privilege
employee rightsworker exploitation
Mistreating employees for profit
labor exploitation · at-will employment · indentured servitude · forced labor · job insecurity
employee, rights, labor rights, workers' rights, employment rights