worker's rights
Employee legal safeguards
Worker's rights are the legal protections and entitlements employees have in relation to their employers.
These typically include fair wages, safe working conditions, reasonable hours, freedom from discrimination, and the right to organize.
The term often appears in political and labor contexts: The new legislation strengthened worker's rights.
Also spelled workers' rights.
- child labor lawsRegulations governing minor employment
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- back payOverdue salary owed
- labor unionsWorker collectives for negotiations
- overtime payCompensation for excess hours
nine to five · time clock · break room · union contracts · anti-discrimination laws · ergonomics · mental health support · safety equipment · picket lines · right to organize · whistleblower protection · occupational health · grassroots organizing · strike actions · workers' strikes · unemployment benefits · fair treatment · wrongful termination
worker's rightscorporate power
employer rights · labor exploitation · at-will employment · union busting · right-to-work laws
worker's rightswage suppression
Artificially limiting worker compensation
corporatism · neoliberalism · race to the bottom · gig economy · Taylorism
worker's rightsslavery
Ownership of people
indentured servitude · serfdom · child labor · forced labor · wage slavery