Not every case of mistreating employees is necessarily illegal , do you really think that every possible way to abuse workers is covered under the law , of course not . Try reporting something to your company ' s HR and they will have an obvious conflict of interest in anything you report so how about a neutral thirdparty that can advocate on behalf of the worker ? As for the pay example it ' s not about finding a job that doesn ' t underpay , it ' s about getting paid what you ' re worth for the current job . Certain jobs have a relatively few number of potential employers which makes it extremely easy for the employers to collude to suppress wages given the lack of negotiating clout that the individual employees have . There ' s no reason that large groups of employees shouldn ' t be able to organize and negotiate directly with employers as a group to have all of their wages and conditions improved and there obviously should be protections for those groups when they decide to strike . Again , these are all rights that you should be wishing you had at your job , not wanting to take away from others .