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1.
Bar Associations
DuPage County Bar Association
www.dcba.org
Illinois State Bar Association
www.isba.org
National Employment Lawyers
Association/Illinois
www.nela-illinois.org
2.
Federal Laws
elaws
www.dol.gov/elaws/
Information about federal employment
laws. Laws can be accessed using electronic “advisors” that guide
researchers to laws relevant to their issue(s). Advisors are arranged by
topic or keyword. Additional access points include forms, organization
with the US DOL, and local and regional Department of Labor programs.
Laws Enforced by the EEOC
http://eeoc.gov/policy/laws.html
3.
State Laws
Illinois Employment Laws
www.legis.state.il.us/
Select “Illinois Compiled Statutes,” then
scroll down and select Chapter 820- Employment.
Labor and Employment Laws of the Fifty
States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Labor.htm
4.
Administrative Resources
Agencies
The Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law
www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest.html
A quarterly publication with articles on
equal employment opportunity issues and summaries of recent EEOC and
federal court decisions affecting Federal sector employees.
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division
www.dol.gov/esa/whd/
Includes information on minimum wage, family
and medical leave, compliance assistance, information on new
regulations, and Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Employment Standards Administration
www.dol.gov/esa
Links for the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Wage & Hour Division, Family and Medical
Leave Act, minimum wage, laws and regs.
www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
Medical Privacy- National Standards to
Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information. Statutes, rules,
FAQs, summaries, and information on filing a complaint.
Compilations of Federal
Agency Resources
Agency Index from Washburn University School of Law
www.washlaw.edu/doclaw/executive5m.html
A very useful chart of home pages,
publications, forms and opinions/decisions arranged by agency.
5.
Illinois State Administrative Resources
Complete listing of State Agencies
online:
www.illinois.gov/government/agency.cfm
Department of Employment Security
www.ides.state.il.us
Under Publications, find laws, rules,
policy guidelines, and interpretations.
Illinois Human Rights Commission
www.state.il.us/ihrc
Text of act and rules.
Department of Human Rights
www.state.il.us/dhr
Text of the act and rules. Information on
filing a charge of discrimination under Illinois Human Rights Act.
Department of Labor
www.state.il.us/agency/idol/
Text of statutes, forms and rates.
Information arranged by division.
6.
Local Government Resources
Cook County Commission on Human Rights
co.cook.il.us/agencyDetail.php?pAgencylD=3
Information about the Commission,
complaint, investigation, and adjudication procedures. Text of Human
Rights Ordinance.
Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR)
www.ci.chi.il.us/HumanRelations/
The CCHR is the city agency that handles
complaints of discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, public
accommodation, credit and bonding, and issues orders and rulings. Text
of ordinance, rules, information on complaint filing, and Guide to
Discrimination Complaints & Adjudication Procedures. The Cook County Law
Library is a print depository of the Commission decisions.
Cornell Legal Information Institute-
Federal Courts
www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html
7.
State Courts
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois Appellate Court
www.state.il.us/court/default.htm
Find Law- State Resources
www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw
8.
Electronic Publications/Overviews/Analyses
EEO Litigation: Practice and Procedure-
Basics of Employment Law for Law Clerks
www.abanet.org/labor/lawclerkbasics.pdf
This 183 page publication is based on a
broadcast from the Federal Judicial Center and the ABA’s Labor and
Employment Law Section.
Cornell LII- Employment Law
www.law.cornell.edu/topics/employment.html
An overview with links to more specific
areas including collective bargaining, employment discrimination,
unemployment compensation, pensions, workplace safety, worker’s
compensation. Links to statutes online and other references.
Federal Law Prohibiting Job
Discrimination- Questions and Answers (EEOC)
www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html
An overview of federal discrimination
laws.
Employment Law Information Network
www.elinfonet.com
An employment law portal. Links to
articles (law firm newsletters, agency announcements) and employment laws.
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal
Education (IICLE)
www.iicle.com/flashpoints/flashpoints.asp
A free, monthly current awareness service.
Includes employment law and workers’ compensation. Also available as an
email update.
MyEmploymentLawyer.com
www.myemploymentlawyer.com/
Searchable collection of employment law
questions under “MEL’s Answers” and collection of employment law articles
and FAQ’s. Includes discussion forum for attorneys.
Illinois Legal Aid
www.illinoislegalaid.org/
Select Employment Law from the left
side-bar. Information is arranged into Attorney Desk Reference Manuals
that include General Information/Resources, Discrimination, Employment,
Termination. IlliniosLegalAid.org is provided by Illinois Technology
Center for Law and the Public Interest and Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Southern Illinois University
Self Help Legal Center
www.law.siu.edu/selfhelp
9.
Human Rights Law Websites
The Bora Laskin Law Library at the
University of Toronto Law School
www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/
American University Washington College of
Law
www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/
The Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org
The American Society of International Law
http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/bibliog/BIBLIO.htm
Human Rights Resource
http://www.hrusa.org/default.htm
10.
Press Releases
EEOC
http://eeoc.gov/press/index.html
June 1994 to present.
DCBA Press Releases
http://www.dcba.org/releases.htm
11.
Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov/
Searchable statistics on wages, earnings,
benefits, safety and health, employment and unemployment.
12.
Online Library Catalogs/Search Engines
Illinois Libraries
John Marshall Law School:
www.jmls.edu/library/onlinecatalogs.shtml
University of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana:
www.library.uiuc.edu/catalog/
13.
Listservs and Usenet Groups
FindLaw-Labor and Employment Law: Mailing Lists and Usenet Group
www.findlaw.com/01topics/27labor/mail_usenet.html
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