Benefits
for Unemployed Workers English, Spanish, Chinese (January
2002)
What
are unemployment Benefits? Who is eligible for them? What
are the regulations?
Extended
Unemployment Benefits 2002 English, Spanish (May 2002)
What
is the 13-week extension? Who is eligible for the extension?
How to apply for extended
benefits
Getting
Unemployment Benefits and Keeping Them English, Chinese,
Spanish (January 2002)
Application
for benefits/Making your Claim/Calling to certify/ The
Government’s 
decision about
your benefits/Reporting: How to keep your benefits coming
Were
you Turned Down for Unemployment Benefits?
How
to stick up for yourself and win/Determination Letters/How
to request a hearing/How to prepare for a hearing
Applying
for workers compensation
What
to do if you are injured on the job or become ill due to
work/ Applying for workers compensation:
Application Tips
Protecting
your right to get paid
How
to keep good wage and Hour Records/ How to file a claim
for unpaid wages/ Sample work Records
Immigration
Status and your rights
New
York Fact Sheet for Workers: Understanding Deductions from
Wages Despite
legal restrictions on deductions, employers often try
to get around the wage and hour laws by using illegal
deductions
to reduce the amount that workers get paid. You can protect
your right to be paid by understanding when an employer
can legally make deductions.
Social
Security Administration No-Match Letters: Top 10 Tips for
Employers
What
to do if you or your members hear of no-match letters from
the Social Security Administration at work, and tips for
employers' responses. (Updated December 2002)
Immigration
Status and Your Rights as a Worker
Overview of the ways in which
immigration status may affect worker's labor and employment
rights. (July 17, 2002)
Employer Work Authorization
Verification
Overview of the rights of workers
when employers seek to verify or re-verify their work authorization.
(July 17, 2002)
Social Security No-Match
Letters: Questions and Answers for Workers Addresses
frequently asked questions about workers' rights when their
employer receives a Social-Security no-match letter. In English and
in Spanish (July
17, 2002).
Supreme Court decision
in Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB and La
decisión de la Corte Suprema en Hoffman Plastic Compounds
v. NLRB. The US Supreme Court's decision in Hoffman
Plastic Compounds v. NLRB has engendered much debate and
much fear
in the immigrant community. These fact sheets for workers
describe the Supreme Court case and the resulting decision
regarding the rights of workers. Download and distribute
these fact sheets, in English and
in Spanish,
in order to understand the decision. (May 2, 2002)
