fair labor
Just workplace treatment
Fair labor refers to work conditions that meet standards of dignity, safety, and reasonable compensation.
The term appears in policy discussions, product certifications, and corporate ethics statements: fair labor practices, fair labor standards.
The U.S.
Fair Labor Standards Act established minimum wage and overtime requirements.
Fair labor certifications on products indicate supply chains have been audited for worker treatment.
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- overtime payCompensation for excess hours
- time clockShift tracking device
- break roomStaff relaxation space
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
pay equity · equal pay · occupational safety · income equality · strikes · worker cooperatives · whistleblower protections · trade unions · union dues · living wage · corporate accountability · mental health support · universal basic income · job security · poverty alleviation · unions · anti-discrimination laws · hazard prevention
- laborwork, laborers, workers, hard work, employment
- business ethicscode of conduct, ethics code, codes of conduct, ethics training, ethics committee
- ethical shoppingethical sourcing, sustainable sourcing, ethical shopping, buy local, worker rights
- labor rightsworker rights, union rights, employee rights, right to strike, workplace rights
- overtimeovertime pay, overtime hours, overtime rate, overtime rules, double overtime
- wageswage, salary, pay, paycheck, income
fair laborexploitation
Selfish use of others
labor exploitation · worker exploitation · sweatshop labor · slave labor · forced labor
fair laboreconomic exploitation
Profiting through others' disadvantage
wage slavery · corporate greed · starvation wages · poverty wages · union busting