labor laws
Employment rights statutes
Labor laws are regulations governing the relationship between employers and workers.
They cover wages, working hours, safety conditions, hiring and firing practices, and the right to organize unions.
The factory was cited for violating labor laws.
Labor laws vary significantly between countries and, in the United States, between states.
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- right to organizeWorkers' union-forming freedom
- OSHA standardsFederal workplace safety requirements
- pension plansEmployer-sponsored retirement savings
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
employment contracts · severance pay · pink slip · environmental regulations · FMLA · anti-discrimination policies · fair wages · disability accommodations · whistleblower protections · workplace inspections · union dues · unemployment benefits · rest periods · break room · wage theft · back pay · accident reporting · shop floor
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- labor movementsgeneral strike, general strikes, picket lines, unionization, collective action
- DDR Lawcriminal code, civil procedure, legal framework, legal reforms, legal amendments
- industrial regulationsOSHA, EPA, safety rules, workplace safety, worker safety
- Tribal Lawstribal courts, tribal police, legal autonomy, membership rules, membership criteria
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
labor lawsinformal agreements
Unwritten mutual understandings
handshake deals · unwritten rules · gentlemen's agreements · best practices · corporate policies
labor lawsslavery
Ownership of people
forced labor · chattel slavery · indentured servitude · serfdom · debt bondage