Wage theft is when an employer illegally underpays or withholds a worker’s earned pay—costing workers billions of dollars each year. It can include unpaid wages,...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a 1938 federal law that sets nationwide wage-and-hour rules, including minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections....
Workers' compensation is employer-funded insurance that pays 100% of necessary medical treatment and typically about two-thirds of lost wages for work-related injuries or illness. In...
OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) is a U.S. Department of Labor agency created in 1971 to enforce workplace safety and health standards. It...
Workplace retaliation is when an employer takes an adverse action—like firing, demotion, pay cuts, or harassment—because an employee engaged in protected activity under laws such...
The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) is the U.S. federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws and has operated since 1965. It investigates charges, mediates...
Title VII is a federal employment law enacted in 1964 that prohibits workplace discrimination based on five protected traits: race, color, religion, sex, and national...
The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) is a U.S. federal civil rights law enacted in 1990 that prohibits disability discrimination. It requires equal access and...
Antitrust law is a set of U.S. statutes—most notably the Sherman Act (1890), Clayton Act (1914), and FTC Act (1914)—that prohibit anti-competitive conduct and monopolization....
