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  A labor lawyer, also known as employment lawyer is a lawyer who is specialize in dealing with rights and restriction of employed people. Basically when you are dealing with any matters concerning employment that range from harassment, benefits, wrongful termination of contracts and medical leaves, a labor lawyer is the person to call. Their job description stretches past the ordinary workplace, and extends to trade unions and organizations. Like most other specialties of law, labor law has subspecialties in it as well. These include individual labor law which addresses the working relationships of employers and employees bound by a contract, minimum wage, which is the minimum amount a worker is entitled to for every hour they put into work. Also included in the subspecialty is the occupational safety which addresses protection offered by the employer based on the existing occupational hazards, unfair dismissal from employment, and child labor. The other subspecialties include collective labor law which deals with unions and organizations, and international labor law which stretches to global labor rights. When do you need a labor lawyer? Basically, when there is a problem in the workplace that involves denial of your employment rights, or when there’s … Continue reading