Reference shelves, not pamphlets.
Rights Playbooks
When the system is built to outlast you, knowing the rules isn't optional — it's the only thing standing between you and the wall they want you to hit.
Each playbook is a 40-to-60 page reference PDF for one specific situation. Federal narrative, your state's statute and deadline, ready-to-send letter templates, phone scripts, and a deadline calendar — one document, no upsells, yours to keep.
Why a playbook beats a Google search
A Google search will surface ten near-identical blog posts written by marketing teams whose job is to capture clicks, not to get you a result. A playbook is the opposite — one document, written to a specific situation, citing the actual statute, walking you through the deadlines that fail most people. The difference is the difference between knowing your rights and using them.
What's inside
- The federal floor. The Acts, Codes, and federal regulations that apply nationwide — what they guarantee, what the courts have ruled, how the courts read the statute.
- Your state or country's overlay. The local statute that adds to or replaces the federal floor — with the section number, the deadline, the penalty, and the agency that handles complaints.
- Ready-to-send letter templates. The 3 to 5 letters you'll need across the lifecycle of the situation, in sequence, already cited.
- Phone scripts. Verbatim wording for the calls you'll need to make — to the agency, to the employer's HR, to the bailiff company, to the landlord's solicitor.
- Deadline calendar. Day-by-day, keyed to your situation's clock. When to send each letter, when to escalate, when the limitation period closes.
When to use a playbook (and when not)
A playbook is the right tool when you have time — a few days to a few weeks — and the question is "how do I get a result without a lawyer?" It is the wrong tool when the situation is hours-old and life-threatening. For those, see our free emergency resource pages, which route to crisis hotlines and same-day legal aid.
Every playbook is anchored to primary sources you can verify yourself: legislation.gov.uk, irishstatutebook.ie, U.S. Code, State Compiled Statutes. We cite so you can check our work, and so your demand letter has the weight of the actual statute behind it.
A 40+ page playbook for workers fighting unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, and retaliation. Includes federal FLSA protections, your state's wage payment statute and waiting-time penalty, ready-to-send letter templates, phone scripts for HR and the Department of Labor, and a deadline calendar covering the FLSA 2-year and 3-year statute of limitations.
A 50+ page playbook for tenants fighting wrongfully withheld security deposits, rent increases, habitability failures, and illegal evictions. Covers your state's security-deposit deadline and penalty multiplier, repair-and-deduct rules, eviction notice requirements, ready-to-send letter templates, phone scripts for landlords and small-claims clerks, and a deadline calendar.
A 40+ page playbook for consumers fighting abusive debt collectors. Covers FDCPA cease-and-desist rights, debt validation under § 1692g, FCRA credit-report disputes, state consumer-protection overlays, ready-to-send letter templates, phone scripts for collector calls, and a deadline calendar covering the 30-day validation window and the 1-year FDCPA statute of limitations.
One crisis rarely arrives alone. Lose the apartment, lose the job, lose the credit score — they cascade. The bundle is the reference shelf for all three, in one PDF, keyed to your state.
Common questions
How is a playbook different from a single letter?
A letter is one document for one moment — a wage demand, a deposit return request. A playbook is the whole reference shelf: federal protections, your state's overlay, three to five letter templates, phone scripts, deadlines, and the counter-tactics the other side will use. Letters resolve a moment; playbooks teach you the situation.
Why $19? Why $39 for the bundle?
We priced these so an unemployed worker, a recently-evicted tenant, or someone in active collection can afford them. The bundle is the reference shelf at a discount — three playbooks for less than the price of two.
Will the playbook know my state's law?
Yes. The PDF is generated for your state at purchase time, citing the actual statute, deadline, and penalty multiplier that apply where you live. We support all 50 states plus DC.