Workplace Inclusion & Diversity Education: Legal Issues

Community-built legal dictionary and encyclopedia, sponsored by Cornell's Legal Information Institute.

Fastcase is a comprehensive, searchable legal database that provides access to statutes, cases, regulations, constitutions, and court rules from the federal government and all 50 states.

Provides employment laws assistance for workers and small businesses. Choose individual Advisors designed to help understand employee or employer rights and responsibilities. These Advisors are interactive and answers are customized to specific circumstances. Examples are "Family and Medical Leave Act Advisor," "Asbestos Advisor," and "Veterans' Preference Advisor."

Access to facsimile (PDF) versions of many different American, foreign, and international legal sources, including law journals, ALI restatements, foreign case reports, federal administrative regulations, federal statutes, U.S. treaties and agreements, historical legal treatises, among others.

The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. It is also illegal to discriminate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination lawsuit.

Get links to Bloomberg news stories describing the latest employment verdicts and settlements.

Key legal sources on affirmative action, including Executive Orders, Supreme Court decisions, and Federal statutes.

Resources from the OFCCP on relevant laws, policies, cases, reporting, and other information around Federal Contract Compliance and Affirmative Action issues.

Includes a complain form, information about legal issues, as well as resources around ADA compliance and related disability issues.