A Message from the Director of Workers Rights
The Bureau of Labor Law and Workers’ Rights at the Office of the New York City Comptroller is proud to present the Immigrant Workers’ Resource Guide.
Sadly, all too often, the workers who experience the most egregious abuses of their workplace rights are immigrant workers who are unaware of our rights or fearful of asserting them. To combat this, our office engages in outreach and education to inform workers about the labor protections available to them under state, federal, and local laws. By collaborating with government agency partners and community-based organizations, our office connects workers to resources that empower them to assert their rights in the workplace.
The Immigrant Resource Guide is a compilation of that work. The guide contains information about basic workplace rights, as well as a directory of organizations whose mission is to assist and protect immigrant workers. We want to ensure that all New York City workers, including immigrants, are empowered to assert our rights to fair and safe workplaces, and we hope that this Resource Guide will provide you with the tools and resources to do so.
Claudia Henriquez
Director of Workers Rights