Your Rights on the Job

These resources explain the legal protections against discrimination and offer strategies for dealing with it.

Harassment on the Job and Your Rights as a Woman (2005)
Is someone harassing you at work because of your race or gender? This quick guide will explain illegal harassment and what you can do about it.

Know Your Rights: A Tradeswoman's Guide to Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment. (2008)

Legal Resource Kit: Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
Provides information and resources for dealing with sex discrimination and sexual harassment at work. Includes information on sex discrimination laws, complaint and investigation procedures, and a sample letter to a harasser. (2005)

Legal Resource Kit: Pregnancy and Employment Leave - An Employment Guide
Provides information and resources for dealing with pregnancy in the workplace. Includes information on applicable laws, employer discrimination against pregnant women, maternity leave, disability leave for pregnancy, and ways to improve the employment situation. (2005)

Discrimination Against Women Firefighters: Some Questions and Answers
Women firefighters can find answers to their legal questions about harassment, hiring discrimination, pregnancy, family leave, and volunteer fire departments here. Although some information is specific to New York state, this is a good basic guide for female firefighters everywhere. (2003)

 

 

Did You Know...

Women are 41% more likely to be poor than men. The gender gap is even larger among older women – they are 74% more likely to be poor than men their age.

Publication Highlight

Risk Assessment and Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: The Hidden Dimension of Domestic violence
Article by Lynn Hecht Schafran for Judicature Magazine. Risk assessment is of critical concern to judges in every kind fo domestic violence case. Recent research documents the importance of a largely ignored sign of risk and potential lethality in these cases: intimate partner sexual abuse. More »