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Databases
Lexis Practice Advisor Labor & Employment Law Practice Page (Lexis)
Includes: Practice Notes, Forms, Clauses, Checklists, Articles, Secondary Materials, Cases, Administrative Codes & Regulations, Administrative Materials, Statutes & Legislation.
Practical Law Labor & Employment Practice Page (Westlaw)
Includes: Practice Notes, Standard Documents, Standard Clauses, Checklists, Toolkits, Articles, Legal Updates, State Q&A, Global Guides and Cross-Border Topics.
Government Websites
elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses)
The elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) Advisors are a set of interactive, online tools developed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to help employers and employees learn more about their rights and responsibilities under numerous Federal employment laws.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, created in 1947, is an independent agency whose mission is to preserve and promote labor-management peace and cooperation. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with ten regional offices and more than 60 field offices, the agency provides mediation and conflict resolution services to industry, government agencies and communities.
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions.
National Mediation Board
The National Mediation Board facilitates the resolution of labor-management disputes in the rail and airline industries.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
With the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
U.S. Department of Labor
The Department of Labor administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (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, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)
The FLRA administers the labor-management relations program for 2.1 million non-Postal federal employees worldwide, approximately 1.2 million of whom are represented in 2,200 bargaining units. It is charged with providing leadership in establishing policies and guidance related to federal sector labor-management relations and with resolving disputes under, and ensuring compliance with, the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, 5 U.S.C. §§ 7101-7135.
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
The Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent, quasi-judicial agency in the Executive branch that serves as the guardian of Federal merit systems.
Organizations
ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law
The Section's members represent all perspectives of labor and employment Law: management, union, plaintiff, neutral and public.
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) are the democratic, voluntary federation of 55 national and international labor unions that represent 12.5 million working men and women. They strive to ensure all working people are treated fairly, with decent paychecks and benefits, safe jobs, dignity, and equal opportunities.
American Arbitration Association
The American Arbitration Association (AAA), is a not-for-profit organization with offices throughout the U.S. AAA has a long history and experience in the field of alternative dispute resolution, providing services to individuals and organizations who wish to resolve conflicts out of court.
Association of Corporate Counsel Employment & Labor Law Network
Offers information on employment, labor and benefits case law with links to key cases and boilerplate policy statements to address current regulations and best practices.
Employee Benefit Research Institute
EBRI - a nonpartisan tax-exempt organization - was created in 1978 for the purpose of contributing to sound employee benefit programs and public policy through independent, objective, fact-based research and education.
Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) is the singular organization in the country where professionals interested in all aspects of labor and employment relations network to share ideas and learn about new developments, issues, and practices in the field. Founded in 1947 as the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA), the National LERA provides a unique forum where the views of representatives of labor, management, government and academics, advocates and neutrals are welcome.
National Academy of Arbitrators
The National Academy of Arbitrators was founded in 1947 as a not-for-profit honorary and professional organization of arbitrators in the United States and Canada. Members are chosen by involved parties to hear and decide thousands of labor and employment arbitration cases each year in private industry, the public sector and non-profits in both countries.
National Employment Lawyers Association
The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) advances employee rights and serves lawyers who advocate for equality and justice in the American workplace.
National Workrights Institute
The Institute's goal is to improve the legal protection of human rights in the workplace.
Statistics
EEOC Statistics
EEOC statistics on employment, enforcement and litigation.
National Compensation Survey - Wages
Includes historical wage data by occupations for all localities nationwide.
NLRB Annual Reports
Find summary statistics on NLRB activity, including decisions, court reviews, elections, unfair labor practices, etc.. (from 1936-2009)
Occupational Employment Statistics
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for over 800 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available.
OSHA Statistics & Data
Statistics on workplace injury, illness and fatalities.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
The regional economic accounts tell us about the geographic distribution of U.S. economic activity and growth. The estimates of gross domestic product by state and state and local area personal income, and the accompanying detail, provide a consistent framework for analyzing and comparing individual state and local area economies.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS offers many types of data for regions, states and local areas.
