State laws overwhelmingly fail to provide workers with essential retaliation protections, according to a new National Employment Law Project (NELP) survey of laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Social justice movements, such as the Fight for $15, #MeToo, and striking Uber drivers, must rely on workers to come forward to assert their rights-but workers who dare challenge an employer’s policies or misconduct know that they will almost certainly face retaliation. Even highly-paid Google workers have been forced to protest retaliation following a mass walkout criticizing Google’s handling of sexual harassment, NELP says. In the report, Exposing Wage Theft Without Fear: States Must Protect Workers from Retaliation, NELP offers a "first-of-its-kind analysis" that focuses on how state laws protect, or fail to protect, workers when they challenge wage theft by lodging complaints with employers or government agencies, filing lawsuits, or engaging in public actions, for example.
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