| As
an employee, you have many rights, including the
right not to be discriminated against or harassed,
certain rights when it comes to wage and overtime,
the right to a safe workplace, the right to take
leave to care for your or a family member's illness,
birth, or adoption, and the right to some privacy
in personal matters. Knowing
your rights as an employee is critical to your
career survival and success. These links will
help you learn about your rights as an employee
and employment law.
| Employee
Rights & Employment Law Links |
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Employee
Rights Center
From
Findlaw
Findlaw provides information and resources
to help you with legal issues pertaining
to employment. It gives basic and
detailed information on employment
law and your rights as an employee;
legal guidelines for the interview
and hiring process; information on
pay and benefits, including: the minimum
wage, overtime, health benefits, pensions,
and more; information on the Family
& Medical Leave Act and your rights
under this law; information on your
rights to be free from discrimination
and harassment in the workplace and
information and resources if you lose
your job, including filing wrongful
termination claims, severance pay,
and unemployment insurance. |
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Employment
Law Information Network (ELIN)
From
Elinfonet.com
The Employment Law Information Network
("ELIN") is a no charge
legal resource web site that is designed
for employment lawyers, in-house employment
counsel and human resource professionals.
It is also a great resource for employees
to learn their federal and state rights
and find out more about other issues
related to employment law. |
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Employee
Rights - NOLO
From NOLO
NOLO provides information
on employment law as it relates to:
Getting Hired, Your Right to Fair
Pay and Time Off, Your Rights Against
Discrimination & Harassment, Your
Health and Safety, Your Right to Privacy
in the Workplace and Losing Or Leaving
Your Job.
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Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC)
From
the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC)
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) enforces all federal
laws prohibiting job discriminations.
EEOC also provides oversight and
coordination of all federal equal
employment opportunity regulations,
practices, and policies. On the
EEOC site you will find detailed
information on the federal EEO laws,
discriminatory practices, and employers
and other entities covered by EEO
Laws.
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Workplace
Fairness
From
WorkplaceFairness.org
Workplace Fairness is a non-profit
organization that provides information,
education and assistance to individual
workers and their advocates nationwide
and promotes public policies that
advance employee rights. Our goals
are that workers and their advocates
are educated about workplace rights
and options for resolving workplace
problems, and that the policy makers,
members of the business community,
and the public at large view the fair
treatment of workers as both good
business practice and sound public
policy. The site provides comprehensive
information about workers' rights
– free of legal jargon. It also
provides resources to support the
work of legal services organizations,
community-based organizations, law
schools, and private attorneys that
provide free legal information and
services to low-income workers.
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eLaws
From
Department of Labor (DOL)
The elaws Advisors are interactive
e-tools that provide easy-to-understand
information about a number of federal
employment laws. Each Advisor simulates
the interaction you might have with
an employment law expert. It asks
questions and provides answers based
on responses given. Both employees
and employers can benefit from elaws.
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National
Employment Law Project (NELP)
From
the National Employment Law Project
The National Employment Law Project
(NELP) advocates on behalf of low-wage
workers, the poor, the unemployed,
and other groups that face significant
barriers to employment and government
systems of support. NELP has created
fact sheets and other materials specifically
to assist workers understand their
workplace rights and learn about how
to access benefits. |
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National
Employment Law Association (NELA)
From
the National Employment Law Association
(NELA)
The National Employment Lawyers Association
advocates for employee rights and
workplace fairness while promoting
the highest standards of professionalism,
ethics and judicial integrity. The
site provide a resource area that
has helpful links to federal, state
and other information related to employment
law. |
| Inspiration
for You |
"Don't
fear failure so much that you refuse
to try new things. The saddest summary
of a life contains three descriptions:
could have, might have and should
have."
-
Louis Boone
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Dream
what you want to dream; go where
you want to go; be what you want
to be, because you have only one
life and one chance to do all the
things you want to do.
-
Author Unknown
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The
man who reaches the top is the one
who is not content with doing just
what is required of him. He does
more. Every man should make up his
mind that if he expects to succeed,
he must give the honest return for
the other man's dollar.
-
Harriman
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