About this site
A reference for work, and the law that governs it.
Worker Wisdom covers working life from the employee’s side — getting hired, getting paid, time off, privacy, harassment and the end of a job.
How these articles are written
Articles here fall into two kinds, and they are written differently. Most of the site is about what the law requires. The rest is about the practical side of working life — applications, interviews, references, the questions people get asked.
Where an article states what the law requires, it starts from the primary source: the statute, the regulation issued under it, the guidance published by the agency that enforces it, and court decisions where they change how a rule is applied. Each of those articles carries a date. Laws change, and an article written at one time may not reflect the law at another, so the date is there to make the age of what you’re reading visible.
Where an article covers the practical side rather than the legal one, it says so, and it does not dress up practice as law. Federal law is the baseline throughout. State law frequently goes further, and where it does, the article says so rather than offering one answer as though it fits everywhere.
Sources — articles about the law
- Federal statutes and the regulations under them
- Agency guidance, fact sheets and opinion letters
- Published court decisions where they change the rule
- State statutes where they go further than federal law
What this site does not do
Worker Wisdom is a reference. It is not a law firm, and nothing published here is legal advice.
No individual advice
Articles describe what the law generally requires. They cannot account for the facts of any particular situation, and nothing here should be read as an answer to one.
No review of documents or situations
Questions about a specific write-up, contract, severance offer or termination are not answered here.
No attorney–client relationship
Reading the site, subscribing to the newsletter, or sending a message does not create one.
State law varies
An article can describe federal law accurately and still be incomplete for a given state.
Not all of it is law
Articles on applications, interviews and references describe common practice, not legal requirements, and say so.
The agencies that enforce these laws
Each of these agencies administers part of the law described on this site. Each has its own complaint process and its own deadlines, published on its own site.
Who publishes this
Worker Wisdom is published by New England Human Capital LLC. The site does not take on clients and does not provide services to individuals.
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