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)
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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.
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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.
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Visit the Office of Labor Standards website to learn more.
Visit the Office of Labor Standards website to learn more.
As a domestic worker, you have rights. To learn more, visit chi.gov/care