This Handbook provides an overview of federal laws addressing employer-employee rights and obligations. Information discussed includes wages & hours, discrimination, termination of employment, pension plans and retirement benefits, workplace safety, workers' compensation, unions, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and much more in 25 pages of materials.
Labour Relations Act Of 1995 In Washington
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OLMS field offices can provide guidance on how to file a complaint, including guidance regarding any additional steps you may need to take before filing a complaint and your ability to file an anonymous complaint. You also can email OLMS-Public@dol or call 202-693-0143 with your complaint or questions.
If you believe your workplace rights have been violated, there are 3 ways you can file a complaint: File a Worker Rights Complaint online. Download and mail a completed Worker Rights Complaint form (F700-148-000). Visit your nearest L&I office.
Yes, if you are owed wages by your employer and want to try to get what you are owed, you should read this to learn how to make a wage complaint. Wage Complaint Fast Facts: Washington State law gives the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) authority to collect wages owed to workers.
The Act makes it unlawful for an employer to fire, refuse to rehire, or discriminate in any other manner against an employee because he or she has supported a union, has participated in union activities, or has exercised any of the other rights protected by the Act.
Washington is an employment-at-will state, which means that without a written employee contract, employees can be terminated for any reason at any time, provided that the reason is not discriminatory and that the employer is not retaliating against the employee for a rightful action.
Federal law protects your right to decline to participate in union organizing or joint activities, and to campaign against a union during an organizing campaign.
Employees cannot be required to work more than 3 hours without a rest break. Breaks must be scheduled as close to the midpoint of a work period as possible. Employers can require workers to stay on the job site during a rest break.
It establishes a framework that promotes fair treatment, protects workers' rights, and encourages collective bargaining. It also provides a mechanism for resolving disputes, which helps maintain harmonious industrial relations.
There are five categories of unfair labor practices for employers that are prohibited under the NLRA: Interference, restraint, or coercion. Employer domination or support of a labor organization. Discrimination on the basis of labor activity. Discrimination in retaliation for going to the NLRB. Refusal to bargain.