List of Employee Rights

Every person who is actively employed in the United States of America has employee rights and it is against the law to deny a person of those rights. It is the employer's responsibility to make sure their employee's rights are not abused.

• It is against the law for am employer to discriminate against an employee who has filed for bankruptcy or any bad debts they had before filing bankruptcy.


• Employees have the right to form, join or to participate in any legitimate worker's unions without being discriminated against by an employer.


• An employee cannot be fired from a job solely on the fact that their wages are being garnished. There is also a limit as to how much of the employees wages can be garnished.


• An employer is required to pay an employee 1.5 times their basic rate of pay for any amount of time that is worked past 40 hours per week.


• It is against the law to discriminate against any employee because of their race, gender or religion.


• An employee is protected from being discriminated against for reporting an employer to the authorities for fraudulent activities.


• The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 prohibits employers from making employees or job applicants undergo a polygraph test and the employee cannot be discharged from their job for not participating in the test.


• An employer cannot conduct a credit check on an employee without the permission of the employee.


• All employees are entitled to make minimum wage, which can vary depending on the state where you reside.