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Mayor's Office of Worker Power
New York City is a city of workers. Workers have rights on the job and power in numbers.
Get help
Want to make a change at work?
If you’re interested in getting together with your coworkers to discuss or organize around the issues you care about, this office can help. We will share what you need to know and connect you with organizations that support workers like you. Get in touch with us or visit Forming a union to learn how to get started.
Are your rights being violated?
If your rights have been or are being violated, file a complaint with the agency that enforces them. Filing with the right agency is the best way to enforce legal rights and it’s free.
The Mayor’s Office of Worker Power can help you find the best way to exercise your rights.
- Complaints about rights under City law (list below): NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (visit nyc.gov/workers or call 311)
- Protected time off (previously paid safe and sick leave)
- Protections for specific workers
- Fast food, retail, and utility workers covered by NYC’s Fair Workweek Law
- Delivery workers
- Freelance workers
- Paid care workers
- Hotel workers
- Grocery workers covered under the Grocery Worker Retention Act
- Building service workers covered by the Displaced Building Service Workers Protection Act
- Temporary construction workers
- Commuter benefits
- Wage and hour violations under state law: New York State Department of Labor
- Workplace safety: U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Discrimination or harassment: NYC Commission on Human Rights and New York State Division of Human Rights
- Punished for organizing or acting together with coworkers: National Labor Relations Board
- Farmworkers and others: New York State Public Employment Relations Board, which handles many private-sector cases outside the NLRB’s coverage
- Not sure where to start? Call 311.