For anyone interested in labor and employment law, the internet is the gateway to tremendous sources of information that are fairly easily accessible. We have compiled a  list of sources to help you find the relevant information on most topics in labor and employment law. But, we recommend that you  should consult an attorney if you have a particular legal issue.  

We have tried to arrange the research sources in the following way:

• Current Awareness

• Federal Labor Statutes and Regulations

  • FLSA

  • ADA

  • ADEA

  • FMLA

  • HIPAA

• U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

• Federal And State Judicial Opinions

• Federal Court Rules

• Administrative Decisions

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Research Guides

  • U. S. Government Legal Sources

  • General Legal Reference Sources

  • Electronic Law Libraries

  • Law Libraries

  • Employment Law Reference Centers

  • Law Schools - Employment Law

  • Legal Resource Providers

• Federal Sector Employment Law Resources

• Employee Benefits

• Professional Organizations

• Labor Organizing and Unions

We have only covered the resources on the internet that are available for free. Of course, there are numerous legal resources available for a fee, but we have not addressed those here.
 

Current Awareness

• Labor and Employment News (Findlaw)

• Employment Law Information Network

• Labor and Employment Law Updates (LexisNexis)

• Weekly Labor and Employment cases from Findlaw

• BNA's Employment & Labor  Reporter

• Employment Law Center from Law.com

Federal Labor Statutes and Regulations

• U.S. Code From FindLaw.com

• U.S. Code A searchable index of the United States Code from the U.S. House of Representatives Law Library

• Code of Federal Regulations from the National Archive and Records Administration

• The Regulations of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on EEO in the Federal Sector, 29 C.F.R. Part 1614

• U.S. Department of Labor - Wage & Hour Regulations

• State labor and employment laws from Cornell's Legal Information Institute

• Cornell's Legal Resources - Labor Law

• FLSA

   

  • Regulations

  • Fact Sheets

  • FLSA Advisor

  • FLSA Advisor Frequently Asked Questions

  • Handy Reference Guide (DOL)

• ADA

   

  • Text of Act

  • Selected Enforcement Guidances

  • Office of Disability Employment Policy (DOL)

  • Disability Discrimination (EEOC)

   

• ADEA

   

  • Text of Act

  • Age Discrimination (EEOC)(includes links)

• FMLA

   

  • Text of Act

  • FMLA Regulations

  • FMLA Compliance Assistance (DOL)

   

• HIPAA

   

  • Text of Act

  • HHS Office of Civil Rights-HIPAA

  • Guidance on HIPAA Compliance

  • Interim Final Rule on Enforcement

  • NIST Draft Special Publication 800-66: Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing

  • HIPAA Security Rule

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

• U.S. Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court's official website

• Supreme Court Labor and Employment Cases

• Supreme Court Decisions - Cornell

• FindLaw's Database of Supreme Court Decisions since 1893

Federal and State Judicial Opinions

• Federal And State Judicial Opinions

• State Court Opinions

Federal Court Rules

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

• Federal Rules of Evidence

Administrative Decisions

• Department of Labor – Decisions from Office of Administrative Law Judge

• Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board

Alternative Dispute Resolution

• American Arbitration Association

• Labor Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Mediation Page

• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

• Guide to ADR Links 

• National Arbitration Forum

• Technical Arbitration & Conflict Resolution - Hill & Associates

Research Guides

• U. S. Government Legal Sources

  • U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

    • Employment Law Guide (DOL)

    • Compliance Assistance

    • Major  Laws and Regulations

    • DOL Opinion Letters

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

    • Enforcement Guidances

    • Mediation at EEOC

    • EEOC Compliance Manual

    • EEOC Compliance Manual on Compensation Discrimination

    • EEOC Compliance Manual on Employee Benefits

  • Sexual Harassment

  • National Labor Relations Board

  • FirstGov The U.S. Government's web portal

  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

  • The Federal Judicial Center Home Page

  • The National Labor Relations Board

  • Government Printing Office Access

  • Federal Courts' Home Page

  • Library of Congress World Wide Web

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• General Legal Reference Sources

  • Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

  • Lawresearch.com

Electronic Law Libraries The Virtual Law Library Emory Law Library, Electronic Reference Desk, United States Substantive Law Reference Resources FindLaw FindLaw's Labor Law Resources Library of Congress Workindex.com from Cornell University

• Law Libraries

  • Georgetown University Law Library

  • UC Berkeley Industrial Relations Institute Library

   

• Employment Law Reference Centers

  • Legal Information Institute - Cornell Law School

  • LawMemo.com's Employment Law Page

  • Labor and Employment Law Resources (International Labor Resources).

• Law Schools - Employment Law

  • Cornell University - Legal Information Institute

   

• Legal Resource Providers

  • National Employment Law Institute 

   

• Business Research

  • Company Research on the Web (Virtual Chase)

  • The Internet and Company Research

Federal Sector Employment Law Resources

• EEOC Administrative Judge Handbook

• Office of Personnel Management

• U.S. Postal Service handbooks manuals and publications from the National Association of Letter Carriers

• Recent Federal Sector Court Decision

• U. S. Office of the Special Counsel Information on protection for federal employee whistleblowers.

Employee Benefits

• Resource on employee benefits on the Internet.

Professional Organizations

• American Bar Association

• National Employment Lawyers Association A professional organization for the plaintiff's attorneys.

• Professionals in Human Resources Association

• The Society for Human Resource Management

Labor Organizing and Unions 

• A Short History of American Labor

• ACLU Workplace Rights

• Workers of America

• National Labor Relations Board

• Collective Bargaining Agreements, Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Institute for Industrial Relations

• National Labor Committee

• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

• Labor Unions. The AFL-CIO affiliated labor organizations

• Service Employees International Union

• United Auto Workers

• Teamsters

• AFSCME

• List of Other Unions

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