Employment
Employee Rights Clinic
Attend our free Employee Rights Clinic to learn about your rights under North Carolina law and federal law. Topics include employment at will, right to work, discrimination, retaliation, and unemployment benefits. We will give you a packet of legal information, and you will watch an informational video. A volunteer attorney will be available to answer general questions.
Employee rights video
Watch this video to learn about employment at will, right to work, employment discrimination, wage claims and unemployment benefits. The video also summarizes state and federal laws that protect employees from illegal treatment by their employers, including the National Labor Relations Act, North Carolina's Equal Employment Practices Act, North Carolina's Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act and more.
Resources
| Category | Name | Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting your own business | Bogus business opportunities | Federal Trade Commission | |
| Leave Benefits, Holidays, Sick Days | Maternity leave | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Leave Benefits, Holidays, Sick Days | Wages and vacation earned | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Wages | Wages and vacation earned | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Unemployment Benefits | Fired from your job? | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Unemployment Benefits | Unemployment benefits overpayments | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Unemployment Benefits | Unemployment: Hearing by telephone with appeals referee - discharged | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| General - Employment | Employee Rights Clinic | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Unemployment Benefits | Unemployment: Hearing by telephone with hearing referee - quit | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| General - Employment | Employee rights in North Carolina | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Unemployment Benefits | Unemployment: How to prepare for an unemployment benefits hearing | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Unemployment Benefits | Unemployment: In-person hearing in front of appeals referee - discharged | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| Unemployment Benefits | Unemployment: In-person hearing in front of appeals referee - quit | Legal Aid of North Carolina | |
| General - Employment | Labor and employment resources directory | North Carolina Bar Association | |
| Worker safety | OSHA fact sheets | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | |
| Wages | Minimum-wage facts | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| Discrimination | Americans with Disabilities Act | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| Wages | Wages and hours worked: Child-labor protections (nonagricultural work) | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| Discrimination | Employee background checks | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| Wages | Wages and hours worked: Minimum wage and overtime pay | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| Discrimination | Equal-employment opportunity | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| Discrimination | The Whistleblower Protection Program | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| General - Employment | Employment law guide | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| Leave Benefits, Holidays, Sick Days | Family and Medical Leave Act | U.S. Department of Labor | |
| Discrimination | Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
| Discrimination | Sex/gender discrimination | Workplace Fairness | |
| Workers' Compensation | Job scams | Federal Trade Commission | |
| Worker safety | If you have been injured at work | North Carolina Industrial Commission |