Retaliation is Illegal
Most laws giving rights to agricultural workers prohibit employers from discriminating against any worker who complains or files a lawsuit against the employer.
Employee Background Checks
When you're applying for a job and the employer requires a background check, you have rights — and the employer has rules to follow. Before you complete the application or go on the interview, know what the company legally can and cannot do.
Immigration-Related Discrimination
Information about workplace discrimination because of national origin or immigration status and where you can get help.
Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination
The federal laws that prohibit job discrimination.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Information about federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination. This website also has information about how to file a Charge of Employment Discrimination with this federal agency.
What is Employment Discrimination?
Information about employment discrimination that is illegal under federal laws.
Immigration-Related Discrimination
Information about workplace discrimination because of national origin or immigration status and where you can get help.
Summary of Laws that Help Farm Workers
Information about: Work and Hours, Right to Receive Written Disclosures, Farm Labor Housing, Field Sanitation, Right to be Free From Discrimination.
Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination
The federal laws that prohibit job discrimination.
Employment Civil Rights Complaint
Find out how to file a complaint with the state enforcement agency if you have been illegally discriminated against at work.
Sexual Harassment is Against the Law
Sexual harassment is a form of unlawful employment discrimination. Find out more about it here.
Summary of Laws that Help Farm Workers
Information about: Work and Hours, Right to Receive Written Disclosures, Farm Labor Housing, Field Sanitation, Right to be Free From Discrimination.
Retaliation is Illegal
Most laws giving rights to agricultural workers prohibit employers from discriminating against any worker who complains or files a lawsuit against the employer.
Accessibility to Oregon Courts
Information about requesting accommodation for disabilities in order to use the state court system's services or facilities.
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI)
Website of the State of Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries. Contains information for the worker.
Notary Publics are NOT Lawyers
A notary public in the United States is not trained in the law or a graduate of a law school, and is not a lawyer. Read more here.