Labor & Employment Laws
- elaws (U.S. Department of Labor)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."
- National Labor Relations ActThe main act covering private sector labor relations. Codified as 29 U.S.C. ยงยง 151-169.
- Legal Information Institute (Cornell University)Text of major decisions, federal legislation, some state laws.
- Congress.govProvides free access to a wide range of legislative information on the Congress, including the full text of the Congressional Record and bills for the 103rd to the present Congress, a directory of congressional committees and members of Congress, the weekly floor schedule for the House, and a schedule of daily committee hearings. Includes text of How our laws are made by Edward F. Willett Jr.
- Employment Law (FindLaw)Searchable web featuring links to various labor law information including employment discrimination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment, The Family and Medical Leave Act, and electronic workplace issues. Resources include government documents, journals, newsletters, and articles, databases, web sites, legal materials, blogs and discussion groups.
Agencies and Administrative Boards
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. The statute guarantees the right of employees to organize and to bargain collectively with their employers or to refrain from all such activity.
- NJ Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC)Forms, rules, decisions, public sector collective bargaining agreements, arbitrator resumes.
- Regulatory, Administrative, and Executive AgenciesView Catherwood Library's full list of links to regulatory, administrative, and executive agencies relating to labor and workplace issues.
Can I find case decisions online?
When searching for legal decisions, it is useful to find out which agency or court adjudicates the decisions you are looking for and then check out that web site. U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals decision are widely available on the Internet. Availability of other federal and state court decisions varies widely. Many court cases, especially those from the lower courts, are still not available outside of fee-based (and expensive) databases such as Lexis and Westlaw.