Know Your Rights

Most workers have these rights in the City of Chicago regardless of immigration status, race, gender-identity, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation:

Right to the Minimum Wage
Right to Paid Sick Leave
Right to work free from retaliation (COVID-19)
Right to work free from sexual harassment
Right to be paid overtime for hours worked over 40 hours
Right to work free of discrimination
Right to One Day Rest In Seven
Right to a meal break
Right to your control and hold on to your identification documents (e.g. work visa, passport, State ID, birth certificate)

If you aren’t sure about the rights that you have, reach out to the Office of Labor Standards to learn more about your rights. It’s free and confidential. Call 312.744.2211.

If you are an employee working in any of the following industries, you may be subject to the City’s scheduling ordinance, which provides a right to a Fair Workweek: Building Services, Healthcare, Hotels, Manufacturing, Restaurants, Retail, and Warehouse Services. Learn more here.

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If you are a domestic worker and/or perform housekeeping, house cleaning, home management, nanny services, caregiving, laundering, cooking, companion services, chauffeuring or other household services, you have rights. To learn more, visit chi.gov/care.

If you work in construction on a public works project, you have a right to the prevailing wage which is typically higher than the minimum wage. Learn more here.

Visit the Office of Labor Standards website to learn more.

As a domestic worker, you have rights. To learn more, visit chi.gov/care

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Know Your Rights

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