If you do not have an employment contract that specifies the exact amount of time that you are to be employed and the conditions under which you can be dismissed, you are considered an "at will employee". What is that? Find out more about your dismissal rights.

Are you aware of your overtime pay rights? For example: Are you eligible for overtime payment? And if you are: can your boss let your working week start on a Tuesday? What part of your wage is pure overtime pay? Can your hourly overtime pay be lower than the minimum wage? And does the law protect you against mandatory overtime hours? And what about the difference between state and federal overtime pay? Click on the next link Overtime Pay and find the answers on all these questions and more.

Are you entitled to take paid sick leave? Or are you uncovered and only allowed unpaid leave?  What are the cities with paid sick leave laws? Read in the next link all about Sick Leave legislation.

Learn more how to prevent discrimination. Learn more about the acts that protect you against discrimination: the Civil Rights Act, the Disabilities Act, Black Lung Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Lily Ledbetter Act. And know where to get help if you believe that you're discriminated at the work.