OLSE worker resources

County of Santa Clara Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
Attorney Staffed Advice Line: 1 (866) 870-7725
Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center: 1 (408) 288-7030
For assistance with an employment or labor issue. You will not be asked about your legal status. 

County Resources

The County partners with community organizations to provide up-to-date outreach and education services and trainings to workers that provide information about their rights.  

 

Click on the language of your choice to download a copy of the Know Your Workplace Rights info sheet:

English | Español | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) | Chinese (中文) | Tagalog | Hindi

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 State resources

• CA Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)​​​​​​
  Worker videos and information on recovering unpaid wages, reporting a labor violation, reporting retaliation, and collecting awards.
  • Know Your Rights as Workers 
  • All workers have rights in California
  • How to File a Wage Claim
  • Report a Labor Law Violation
  • Contact the Labor Commissioner's Office
  • WAGE THEFT IS A CRIME
• CA Employment Development Department 
  Worker information about State of California programs
  • Unemployment Insurance (UI)
  • Disability Insurance (DI)
  • Paid Family Leave (PFL)
• Legal aid at work 
  Over 100 fact sheets about specific areas of law, primarily related to employment law.  
  • Overtime in California 
  • Minimum Wage Protections in California 
  • 12 Things Everyone Should Know About Employment Law 
  • Retaliation: Things You Should Know About Protected Workplace Rights 
• State of California Department of Justice
  Human Trafficking

Federal resources

• U. S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division 
  Worker information about U.S. labor standards
  • The right to fair pay
  • The right to take unpaid leave
  • Farm Workers' rights
  • Restaurant Workers' rights
• U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
  Information about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)