
You have the right to workers’ compensation benefits if you are injured or become ill because of your job. The benefits provide you with medical care for your injury/illness, partially replace the wages you …
Workers have the right to know what hazards are present in the workplace and how to protect themselves. Many OSHA standards require various methods that employers must use to inform their …
To protect the interests of workers who are injured or become ill on the job; their families and employers, by making timely, appropriate, and accurate decisions on claims; providing prompt payment of …
The earnings data are collected from one-fourth of the CPS monthly sample and are limited to wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers, both incorporated and unincorporated, are excluded from …
Workers’ Rights Enforcement Grant Program, with $18 million in state funded grants for public prosecutors (district attorneys and certain city/county attorneys).23 This funding has enabled …
For information about how agricultural commission or piece-rate workers are treated under the law, see Administrative Policy ES.C.6.2, “Agricultural Labor Standards.”
Immigrant Workers’ Contributions to America’s Economy Immigrants make up over 19% of the American civilian labor force, and nearly one in five full-time employees is an immigrant. 18 Furthermore, …