Workplace Fairness is a
501(c)(3)
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public education and advocacy organization, founded in 1994 as the National Employee Rights Institute. According to its mission statement, the organization "believes that fair treatment of workers is sound public policy and good business practice, and that free access to comprehensive, unbiased information about workers' rights" is essential.
In 2004 ''
PC Magazine
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'' named Workplace Fairness's website as one of the "100 Top Websites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without". The website features articles on
employment law
Labour laws (also known as labor laws or employment laws) are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, ...
issues, including
overtime
Overtime is the amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours. The term is also used for the pay received for this time. Normal hours may be determined in several ways:
*by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society), ...
, discrimination, retaliation, privacy and
whistleblower
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rights.
"Today's Workplace", the Workplace Fairness
blog
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, features daily updates on employee rights and fairness issues. According to the blog, ''
Forbes
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'' magazine listed it as one of the "Best of the Web" in 2005.
Workplace Fairness publishes books on the rights of federal employees in the United States and the ''Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal''.
Products
Employment Attorney Directory
Workplace Fairness’ employment attorney directory is the highest-ranking directory in Google for employee rights attorneys. Workplace Fairness provides a free basic listing, appearing on the Workplace Fairness website, to all lawyers who represent workers and are working to make the workplace more fair. Attorney listing includes firm's contact information, a link to firm's website, and up to five areas of employment law concentration.
Premium Lawyer Listings
A premium listing includes priority placement, a dedicated landing page, firm and attorney profiles, a photo or logo, a Google map of firms office, and mobile-friendly links to contact firm directly from listing.
Website Content
A firm's existing website can receive the Employee Rights and Information Center and weekly content widget, with the latest topical workplace content. The site will feature fresh daily content--a topic of the week, blogs, news articles, and more of the latest information. This daily content will complement hundreds of pages of legal information provided by the award-winning Workplace Fairness website.
Website Building & Editing
Workplace Fairness builds and edit website content already built in. Firms can choose from several mobile-friendly designs and leave the updates to Workplace Fairness.
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External links
Workplace Fairness WebsiteToday's Workplace Blog
Labour law
Labor in the United States
Workers' rights organizations
Non-profit organizations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1994