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November 2005

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Books

Library Catalog

To search for books, journals, and audiovisual materials held by William & Mary libraries, use the LION catalog.

Search Tips:
  • Subject Queries: labor and united states, personnel management and united states, employee rights and united states, discrimination and employment and united states
  • Remember that individual jurisdictions can be searched, e.g. employee rights and virginia, discrimination and employment and virginia


Library of Congress Call Numbers for Labor Law: KF 3301-3580. Browse the shelves under these call numbers to locate relevant treatises.

To search for materials from other libraries, use the Worldcat database on FirstSearch

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Selected Treatises

  • Lareau, N. Peter. National Labor Relations Act: Law and Practice
    KF3369 N62

  • Larson, Lex K. Employment Discrimination
    KF3464 L37

  • Cox, Paul N. Employment Discrimination
    KF3464 C69

  • Larson, Lex K. Unjust Dismissal
    KF3471 Z95 L37

  • Schneider, Les A. and J. Larry Stine. Wage and Hour Law Compliance & Practice KF3489 S37

  • Chanin, Leah, ed. Specialized Legal Research
    Ref. KF240 S64 (includes a chapter on federal labor and employment law)




Journal Articles

Indexes to Journal Articles

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  • Subject Queries--labor and united states, personnel management and united states, employee and united states, discrimination and employment and united states
  • Indexes articles from nearly 900 legal journals, bar association publications, law reviews, and legal newspapers. Includes book reviews.Options for accessing this index include:

    • Current Legal Index Print Coverage: 1980-Present. Updated Monthly. Location: Periodicals


Full Text Articles (from journals, newsletters, and legal newspapers)


Specialized journals on labor and employment law include:



Looseleaf Services & Newsletters

Topical Services & Reporters
  • CCH Labor and Employment Law Library

    • Reviews federal and state requirements prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, and age. Federal and state rules on equal pay for equal work and on family and medical leave are also covered. The full texts of federal and state statutes, regulations, executive orders, rules, and forms are available. The library also compiles federal and state statutes, regulations, decisions and rulings, with editorial explanation, analysis, and indexing. The major topics covered include federal labor relations, wages-hours legislation and regulations, and state laws and decisions.

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  • BNA Labor Relations Reporter


Newsletters
  • BNA Labor Relations Reporter



  • CCH Labor and Employment Law Library has several newsletters covering the latest developments in labor and employment law.


  • Labor and Employment Law Newsletter

    • A monthly newsletter covering major judicial, legislative and regulatory developments in all areas of labor and employment law including the National Labor Relations Act, EEO laws, employee benefits, employment-at-will, employee testing, labor arbitration, safety and health, state labor laws, immigration law, public employment, and wage/hour laws.

    • Print Location: KF3375 K472


Additional Resources
  • Eis, Arlene L. Legal Looseleafs in Print (published annually)
    Ref. KF1 L4
  • Eis, Arlene L. Legal Newsletters in Print (published annually)
    Ref. KF1 L44



W&M Databases

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  • Dow Jones Interactive
    Includes a searchable archive of more than 80 million articles from more than 6,000 business and industry publications. Nearly all the articles are full-text.

  • Business and Company Resource Center
    Business, company, and industry profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, histories, chronologies, periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, press releases, and other related items.

  • Business Index ASAP
    Indexes articles on finance, acquisitions & mergers, international trade, money management, new technologies & products, local & regional business trends, investments and banking.

  • General BusinessFile ASAP
    Contains information on business and management topics Including directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.




World Wide Web Resource

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The EEOC promotes equal opportunity in employment through administrative and judicial enforcement of the federal civil rights laws and through education and technical assistance.

U.S. Department of Labor
The DOL protects workers' wages, health and safety, employment and pension rights; promotes equal employment opportunity; administering job training, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation programs; strengthens free collective bargaining and collecting, analyzes and publishes labor and economic statistics.
National Labor Relations Board
The NLRB conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees want union representation and investigates and remedies unfair labor practices by employers and unions.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA establishes protective standards for workers, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
The BLS is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. It is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor.




Associations

ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
Represents all perspectives of labor and employment law, management, labor, plaintiff, and public. It is committed to a balanced discussion of employment issues in the United States and abroad.

Employee Benefit Research Institute
Fosters the development of sound employment benefit programs and public policy through objective research and education.

Workplace Fairness
Assists individuals, both employed and unemployed, in understanding, enforcing, and expanding their rights in the workplace. Workplace Fairness provides information, facilitates access to employment advocates, litigates cases that have a potentially broad impact, and promotes public policy and legislation to advance employee rights.

National Employment Lawyers Association
Assists and supports lawyers in protecting the rights of employees against the greater resources of their employers and the defense bar.




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