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Protections & Rights

Safety & Health

Information on workers' rights to a safe and healthy workplace and employers' responsibility to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.

Safety & Health

Protection from Retaliation

Information about when an employer fires an employee or takes any other type of adverse action against an employee for engaging in protected activity.

Protection from Retaliation

Union & Collective Bargaining

Information on workers' rights to join with coworkers and employers' responsibility to allow employees to exercise their organizing rights.

Union & Collective Bargaining

Nondiscrimination

Information on workers' rights to protections against discrimination and employers' responsibility to ensure nondiscrimination in the workplace.

Nondiscrimination

Veteran & Service Member

Information on veterans' and service members' rights to employment protections and employers' responsibility to understand special considerations for veteran and service member employees.

Veteran & Service Member

Small Business Concerns

Resources for small business owners to learn and adhere to applicable pay, safety and health, and nondiscrimination requirements.

Small Business Concerns