workplace rights
Labor law guarantees
Workplace rights are the legal protections and entitlements employees have in their jobs—minimum wage, safe conditions, freedom from discrimination, the ability to organize.
The term appears in labor law discussions and advocacy: The new legislation strengthens workplace rights for gig workers.
What counts as a workplace right varies by jurisdiction and evolves through legislation and court rulings.
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- labor unionsWorker collectives for negotiations
- union repWorkers' advocate, abbreviated
- right to organizeWorkers' union-forming freedom
- occupational safetyPreventing harm at work
hostile work environment · overtime pay · union dues · strike actions · whistleblower protections · anti-discrimination laws · glass ceiling · collective bargaining · labor law · employment contracts · shop steward · employee handbook · dignity · equal pay · fair treatment · family leave · inclusion programs · diversity initiatives
- equal rightsequal treatment, equal protection, equal pay, equal opportunity, discrimination law
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- laborlabor, labor union, work, labor force, laborers
- women's historywomen's history, herstory, women's movement, suffrage movement, notable women
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- gender equalitygender equality, gender equity, equal pay, gender parity, pay equity
workplace rightscorporate power
at-will employment · right-to-work laws · executive authority
workplace rightsworker exploitation
Mistreating employees for profit
labor exploitation · forced labor · wage theft · indentured servitude · child labor