Labor & Employment Law

See more about this topic in the Dickinson Legal Research Resources:
U.S. Government Resources: Labor & Employment

ABA: Labor and Employment Law
http://www.abanet.org/labor/home.html

ACLU: Workplace Rights
http://www.aclu.org/issues/worker/hmwr.html

AFL-CIO Homepage
http://www.aflcio.org/

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is a collection of 61 national and international labor unions. The page includes information on jobs, wages, the economy, politics, etc.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/

The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other federal agencies, state and local governments, business, and labor.

Center for Mobility, CMR Salary Calculator
http://www.homefair.com/calc/salcalc.html

Calculator to compare the cost of living in one U.S. city to any other U.S. city. International calculator comparing countries is also available.

Cornell Legal Information Institute: Employment Law
http://fatty.law.cornell.edu/topics/employment.html

Cornell Legal Information Institute: Labor Law
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/labor.html

Department of Justice: Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc

Department of Labor: Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board
http://www2.dol.gov/ecab/welcome.html

Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/

The DOL fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the U.S. by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.

Department of Labor: PWBA Office of Regulations & Interpretations
http://www2.dol.gov/ebsa/programs/ori/ori.htm

Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa

The EBSA's mission is to: assist workers in getting the information they need to protect their benefit rights; assist plan officials to understand the requirements of the relevant statutes in order to meet their legal responsibilities; develop policies and laws that encourage the growth of employment-based benefits; and deter and correct violations of the relevant statutes.

Federal Agencies by Subject – Labor-Management Relations
http://lawdbase.law.villanova.edu/fedweb/subject/labor.asp

Federal Labor Relations Authority
http://www.flra.gov

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is an independent agency responsible for administering the labor-management relations program for 1.9 million Federal employees world-wide. Its mission is to promote stable and constructive labor-management relations that contribute to an efficient and effective government.

FindLaw: Resources for Labor and Employment Law
http://guide.lp.findlaw.com/01topics/27labor/index.html

Resources, guide pages, web guides, etc. on labor and employment law.

FindLaw: Journals for Labor Law
http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/labor.html

Findlaw list of relevant academic law reviews and journals on labor law.

Free ERISA
http://www.freeERISA.com

Hieros Gamos Employment Law
http://www.hg.org/employ.html

Extensive guide to employment law by country, supranational organizations, publications, other bankruptcy associations, and other online resources.

International Child Labor Program
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/iclp/main.htm

This Program raises public awareness by investigating and reporting on child labor around the world, and is part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs.

International Labour Organization
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/index.htm

Institute of Industrial Relations Library Web Guides
http://www.iir.berkeley.edu/library/webguides/

Labor and Employment Law Resources on the Internet 2002
http://www.llrx.com/features/laborlaw.htm

Labor Policy Association
http://www.lpa.org/lpa

LawMemo.com
http://www.lawmemo.com/

National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov

The NLRB is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. The Board conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees want union representation and investigates and remedies unfair labor practices by employers.

Nolo: Employment Law
http://www.nolo.com/chunkEMP/emp.index.html

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (Statistics)
http://stats.bls.gov/oes/oes_data.htm

Occupational employment and wage estimates for 2000-2003 (further divided by occupation).

Occupational Ssafety & Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/

OSHA establishes protective standards and enforces those standards to promote a healthy, safe workplace.

Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
http://www.oshrc.gov

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is an independent Federal agency created to decide contests of citations or penalties resulting from OSHA inspections of American work places. The Review Commission, therefore, functions as an administrative court, with established procedures for conducting hearings, receiving evidence and rendering decisions by its Administrative Law Judges (ALJs).

Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation
http://www.pbgc.gov/

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is a federal corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to encourage the continuation and maintenance of defined benefit pension plans.

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/

Social Security Online, the official web site of the Social Security Administration, contains information about Social Security benefits, press releases, Congressional testimony, employer information, forms (PEBES), legislation and regulations, publications, and links to other sites.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov

The EEOC was established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and began operating on July 2, 1965. Its mission is to promote equality of opportunity in the workplace and enforce federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination.

World Income Inequality Database (WIID)
http://www.wider.unu.edu/wiid/wiid.htm

The WIID, provided by the World Institute for Development Economics Research, collects information on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries.

This page was last updated: 08/26/2005
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