Workers' Rights Project - North Carolina Justice Center

Every employee deserves strong health and safety standards, protections against wage theft and misclassification, and safeguards for farmworkers, temp workers, and gig-economy workers.

Better Wages and Benefits

Better jobs will happen when we ensure everyone earns a living wage by raising the minimum wage and making sure everyone has access to paid leave, paid sick days, and unemployment insurance.

Working people can have better careers that provide pathways to the middle class through skill development, job training, and inclusive economic development that delivers on its promises for everyone.

Workers’ Rights Project

Latest Workers’ Rights Project News

MEDIA ADVISORY: Taking time off when it counts: Why paid sick days and expanded family medical leave are critical for North Carolina

STATEMENT: Justice Center praises Executive Order in support of pregnant state employees as commonsense, pro-family policy

MEDIA RELEASE: NC Justice Center, Patterson Harkavy, Outten & Golden file class action lawsuit alleging recovery treatment center exploited residents for unpaid labor

STATEMENT: Supreme Court overturns 40 years of precedent, guts public sector workers’ capacity to organize and bargain for better wages

Recent Workers’ Rights Project Publications

Know Your Rights as a Worker in NC

Raising the Minimum Wage So NC Families Can Afford the Basics

Paid Sick Days and Family Leave Benefit Workers, Businesses & Economy

Non-Compete Agreements

Annual Report 2017

Medicaid Matters for Supporting Long-Term Care

Taking Away People’s Health Care Won’t Move People to Work

Moving Beyond Your Criminal Conviction