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State Specific Employment Laws For Employees In Phoenix
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Each state sets laws related to fair employment and workplace safety. In most cases, state laws offer more protections than the federal ones. Contact your state department of labor to learn about the labor laws in your state.
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If you work for an employer based in a different state, your rights as a remote worker are generally determined by the laws in the state where you reside.
Smaller companies may choose to avoid certain states for a variety of reasons. The most common are labor laws, taxes and compliance, geography. Sometimes you will also see companies nixing states for political reasons (like they refuse to hire in Texas right now).
It's important to understand the legal requirements for remote employees. San Francisco, California, requires businesses with remote employees working from home in San Francisco to obtain a Business Registration Certificate.
Additionally, some employers have policies that offer protections from retaliatory firing for complaints beyond what is covered by law. If there is no legal prohibition and no policy prohibition against filing a particular type of complaint, then yes, you can be fired for doing so.
A hostile work environment claim arises from unwanted, offensive conduct that is based on protected characteristics like religion, sexual orientation, race, color, or disability. In addition, one of the following must be true: Enduring the harassment becomes a condition of staying at your job, or.
To file a complaint, you may complete one of the following two options: File a complaint online. or. Fill out the Complaint/Apparent Violation Form . Once the form is completed, you may submit it by any way below: Email it to DERSazcomplaints@azdes.