This page lists fact sheets and other materials for workers by type of worker.  For example, are you looking for information about unemployment insurance or your rights as an immigrant worker?  (For further material, by type of workplace issue, click here.)

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Unemployed Workers
Disaster Unemployment Assistance: How Families Can Access the Program After Hurricane Katrina. This federally funded program provides temporary financial assistance to individuals unemployed as a result of a major disaster. Importantly, DUA reaches those workers (such as the self-employed) who fail to qualify for regular state unemployment benefits.

Qualifying For A New Benefit Year - Requalifying for Unemployment Benefits After They Expire. This national fact shee describes how certain long-term jobless workers can requalify for benefits one year after they were initially laid-off.
(March, 2004)

Benefits for Unemployed Workers 
This New York fact sheet for workers explains basic eligibility requirements and application process for unemployment insurance benefits in New York. (January 2002)

Getting Unemployment Benefits and Keeping Them
This New York fact sheet for workers addresses common issues that arise when workers apply for unemployment insurance benefits. (January 2002)

Were You Turned Down for Unemployment Benefits? 
This New York fact sheet for workers explains what to do when the Department of Labor denies an application for unemployment insurance benefits. (January 2002)

Immigrant Workers

NYC Privacy Policy: Know Your Rights.
In May and September of 2003, Mayor Bloomberg signed a pair of executive orders protecting the confidential information, including immigration status, of New Yorkers.  This fact sheet provides information for workers on their rights under this policy. (November 2003)

Fact Sheet for Workers: Supreme Court decision in Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB
Thie fact sheet for workers describes the Supreme Court's decision in Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB. (May 2002)

Immigration Status and Your Rights as a Worker
Overview of the ways in which immigration status may affect a worker's labor and employment rights. (July 2002)

Employer Work Authorization Verification 
Overview of the rights of workers when employers seek to verify or re-verify their work authorization. (July 2002)

SSA No-match Q&A This fact sheet for workers addresses frequently asked questions about workers' rights when their employer receives a Social-Security no-match letter. (July 2002)

Obtaining a Drivers’ License in NY
Driving is an essential part of the job for many workers. This fact sheet explains the basic requirements for obtaining a New York drivers' license.  (May 2003)

NLRB Policy Post Hoffman Plastic Compounds: Fact Sheet for Organizers  This fact sheet explains the basics of immigrant workers' rights to organize after the US Supreme Court Decision in Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc v. NLRB (September  2003)

Sick or Injured Workers
Taking Time Off Your Job for Health or Family Reasons 
This fact sheet for workers explains the right take time off from work for medical reasons or to care for a sick family member. (January 2002)

Workers' Compensation Benefits for Injured Workers
This New York fact sheet for workers provides information on eligibility and application for workers' compensation benefits. (Janaury 2002)  

Applying for Workers' Compensation Benefits
This New York fact sheet for workers outlines the process of applying for workers' compensation benefits. (May 2002)