employment rights
Workplace legal protections
Employment rights are the legal protections workers have in their relationship with employers—covering wages, working conditions, discrimination, termination, and collective bargaining.
These vary significantly by jurisdiction and may be established through legislation, contracts, or court decisions.
She filed a complaint with the labor board over violations of her employment rights.
- salary negotiationDiscussing compensation terms
- maternity leaveJob-protected time for childbirth
- anti-discriminationOpposing unfair differential treatment
- age discriminationPrejudice based on years lived
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
workplace harassment · hostile work environment · whistleblower protection · collective bargaining · union membership · shop steward · unemployment benefits · right to organize · retaliation · labor organizing · minimum wage laws · wrongful termination · pink slip · severance package · occupational safety · equal opportunity · overtime pay · labor law
- rightscivil liberties, right, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees
- civil rightsequal protection, right to life, civil liberties, desegregation, freedom of religion
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- gender equalitygender equality, gender equity, equal pay, gender parity, pay equity
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
- labor rightslabor laws, right to strike, worker councils, fair wages, fair labor
employment rightsworker exploitation
Mistreating employees for profit
labor exploitation · at-will employment · job insecurity · wage theft · right-to-work laws