Federal
Employee Rights under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (PDF): Private employers are generally prohibited from requiring or requesting any employee or job applicant to take a lie detector test.
Employee Rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act (PDF): Minimum hourly wage rates and overtime hours and rate and age limits for child labor, break time rules for nursing mothers.
Employee Rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (PDF): Rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (PDF): Requires all federal contractors and subcontractors to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), including their right to join and support unions, and to include in every contract, subcontract, and purchase order, a pledge to honor the employee notice requirements.
FLSA Protections for Employees to Pump Breast Milk at Work: Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), most nursing employees have the right to reasonable break time and a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view to express breast milk while at work. This right is available for up to one year after the child's birth.
IRS, Check Your Withholding (PDF): Information on checking your tax withholding.
Job Safety and Health Protection (PDF): Requirements for employers to provide employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards. (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970).
Know Your Rights Under the Recovery Act (PDF): American Recovery and Reinvestment Act- provides protections for certain employees of non-federal employers who make specified disclosures relating to possible fraud, waste and /or abuse or Recovery Act funds.
Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (PDF): The Know Your Rights poster provides information on notices that fall under EEO.
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (effective on June 27, 3023): Will require employers to provide a reasonable accommodation to workers for known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition.
Right to Work Poster (PDF): Rights and responsibilities under the federal law requiring employers to E-verify employees.
Your Right Under USERRA (PDF): Rights and responsibilities under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
