Many jurisdictions include workers’ rights in their legislation. Even for those that do not, the concept of workers’ rights can be important at an organizational level to ensure the health and safety of workers.

Workers’ health and safety rights can be summarized in three rights:

• The right to know about workplace hazards and what to do about them.
• The right to participate in resolving workplace health and safety problems.
• The right to refuse work that they believe is unsafe.