Well the changes in laws and other things are currently being justified by the war. You know, the whole “Our homeland is besieged by evil Nazis, so we must all band together and push through!”

As for the workers, frankly many don’t actually know their rights. I.e. many people think that an employer can just fire them willy nilly, like in Hollywood movies. In reality, we have a whole set of legal reasons for being fired, and the employer is obligated to prove that the worker indeed falls under one of the categories.