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employment law: an overview
Employment law is a broad area encompassing all areas of the employer/employee relationship except the negotiation process covered by labor law and collective bargaining. See, Labor Law & Collective Bargaining and Arbitration. Employment law consists of thousands of Federal and state statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions. Many employment laws (e.g., minimum wage regulations) were enacted as protective labor legislation. Other employment laws take the form of public insurance, such as unemployment compensation.
Specific areas within the broad category of employment law covered under their own topical entries include:
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Federal Material
Federal Statutes
- 29 U.S. Code - Labor. Representative chapters pertinent to employment:
- Chapt. 8. Fair Labor Standards
- Chapt. 14. Age Discrimination in Employment
- Chapt. 15. Occupational Safety and Health
- Chapt. 16. Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services
- Chapt. 18. Employee Retirement Income Security Program (ERISA)
- Chapt. 20. Migrantand Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
- Chapt. 22. Employee Polygraph Protection
- Chapt. 24. Technology Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities
- Chapt. 28. Familyand Medical Leave
- 42 U.S. Code - The Public Health and Welfare. Representative chapters pertinent to employment:
- Chapter 21. The Civil Rights Act
- § § 2000e - 2000e-17 - Equal Employment Opportunity
- § § 1981, 1981A, 1983, & 1988 - Employment Discrimination
- Chapter 126. - Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities
Federal Agency Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations: 29 C.F.R. (http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/29cfr.htm) - Labor For other federal agency regulations concerning employment law, see specific topical pages.
Federal Judicial Decisions
- For federal judicial decisions concerning employment law, see specific topical pages.
U.S. Constitution
- CRS Annotated Constitution:
- Article I: Federal Versus State Labor Laws (http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/search/display.html?terms=employment&url=/anncon/html/art1frag60_user.html)
- First Amendment: Government as Employer: Free Expression Generally (http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/search/display.html?terms=employment&url=/anncon/html/amdt1cfrag5_user.html)
- First Amendment: Employment Restrictions and Loyalty Oaths (http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/search/display.html?terms=employment&url=/anncon/html/amdt1cfrag2_user.html)
State Material
State Statutes
- State laws concerning compensation, hours, and other conditions of work (http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Labor.htm)
- Other state statutes concerning:
- Labor (http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html#labor)
- Labor and Industrial Safety (http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html#labor_and_industrial_safety)
- Unemployment (http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html#unemployment)
State Judicial Decisions
- N.Y. Court of Appeals:
- Recent Decisions on Employment (http://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/search/index.html?query=employment+not+discrimination+not+pension+not+OSHA+not+liibulletin)
- Commentary from liibulletin-ny (http://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/search/index.html?query=liibulletin+and+employment+not+discrimination+not+pension+not+OSHA)
- Appellate Decisions from Other States (http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/)
International Material
Conventions and Treaties
- Dealing with Human Rights (http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/humanRights.html) (including those bearing on employment)
Other References
Key Internet Sources
- U.S. Department of Labor Home Page (http://www.dol.gov/)
- Internet Law Library (list of links) (http://www.priweb.com/internetlawlib/100.HTM)
- AHI's Employment Law Resource Center (http://www.ahipubs.com/)
- Summary of Federal Employment Law from the Matthies law firm (http://members.aol.com/mattlawfrm/fedlaw.htm)
- EmploymentLaw Information Network (http://www.elinfonet.com/)
- National Employment Law Institute (http://www.neli.org/)
- Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/workplace.html)
Useful Offnet (or Subscription - $) Sources
- Good Starting Point in Print: Mark A. Rothstein et al., Rothstein, Craver, Schroeder, Shoben, and Vander Velde's Hornbook on Employment Law (http://west.thomson.com/product/22121592/product.asp), West Group (2004)
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