Learn the basics (1)
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Employment Law Handbook for Non-Lawyers
If you have legal questions about your rights at work, this handbook can help you! Content Detail
Housekeepers and nannies (1)
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Employment Agency Fact Sheet
This fact sheet tells you how much an employment agency may charge you for its services, and other laws that protect you when you deal with an employment agency. Content Detail
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- Spanish / Español
I am an immigrant (3)
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Immigration status and your rights as a worker
Information on what rights and protections you have as an immigrant worker. Content Detail
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Immigrants' eligibility for unemployment compensation
This fact sheet explains how you can qualify for unemployment benefits if you are an immigrant. Content Detail
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Employment-authorization verification
If you are an undocumented immigrant working in New York State, employers must, by law, verify that you have a work permit. Follow the link to learn more. Content Detail
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Ex-offenders and recovering addicts (3)
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Certificates of Relief From Disability and Certificates of Good Conduct
This pamphlet tells you how to get a certificate from New York State that can help you overcome problems getting a job that may exist because you have a criminal record. Read More
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Know-Your-Rights to the Transportation Security Administration's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Background Checks of Port Workers and Truck Drivers
Provides general information about transportation worker background checks and links to know-your-rights flyers in various languages. Content Detail
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- Hindi / हिन्दी
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Your New York State Rap Sheet: A Guide to Getting, Understanding, and Correcting Your Criminal Record
This guide by the Legal Actions Center provides instructions on getting a copy of your criminal record (RAP Sheet) and correcting any mistakes in it. The guide also explains how and what type of information employers get about your record and when they can get it. Content Detail
Survivors of domestic violence (1)
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Employment rights for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking working in New York City
Domestic or sexual violence often affects victims or survivors at work. Victims may need time off to address the violence. They may also need changes made at work to stop the abuser or perpetrator from harassing them at work or to make the workplace safer. Some victims are illegally fired because of the violence. This pamphlet discusses the New York City laws protecting abuse victims from problems at work. Content Detail
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- Spanish / Español
Youth (3)
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Where to get your working papers
Information on how to apply for working papers if you are under 18 and want a job. Content Detail
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Permitted Working Hours for Minors
Work rules if you are between the ages of 11 and 18 years old, including what kind of work you can do and when you can do it. Content Detail
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Permitted Hours of Work for Minors (Under 18 Years of Age)
This fact sheet explains what hours you may work if you are under 18, and how these rules depend on the type of work you are doing and whether or not you are attending school. Content Detail
