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- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Provides access to publications, research papers, regional information, surveys and programs, Economy at a Glance, and other data.
- BLS Handbook of Methods
- Presents detailed explanations of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics obtains and prepares the economic data it publishes.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1998-99
- Employment and Training Administration - U.S. Dept. of Labor
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Provides records of the EEOC.
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- An independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. 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)
- Includes OSHA documents, links, and programs.
- U.S. Social Security Statistics
- The Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics (ORES) provides ongoing statistical data and research analyses of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs.
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- Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Comprehensive access and coverage. Includes online archive of US Department of Labor documents.
- Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)
- The Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS), within Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), primary activity is research. Studies focus on key strategic human resource issues. Most are policy-oriented and aimed at improving organizational effectiveness through better human resource management.
- WorkNet@ILR Cornell University
- Information on a variety of topics in the human resources and industrial relations area.
- WorkNet@ILR : Hot Topics
- Research reports, commission findings, and articles online at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
- workindex.com
- Workindex.com is the new web site from Cornell University and Human Resource Executive magazine. Workindex.com is designed to provide a gateway to the best workplace-oriented web sites on the Internet. Those interested in human resources, labor relations, benefits, training, technology, staffing, recruiting, leadership, motivation, insurance, relocation, legal issues and more, will make use of this valuable tool.
- Institute of Industrial Relations
- A multi-disciplinary department within the University of California, Berkeley.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
- A site of research information.
- The University of Toronto Centre for Industrial Relations
- Labor information and a helpful gateway to the University of Toronto's research libraries.
- Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy Federal Web Locator
- University of Virginia Social Sciences Data Center
- Includes the National Income and Products Accounts, SIC code outline and much more.
- AFL-CIO's LaborWeb
- American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
- American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- Electronic Policy Network
- Electronic clearinghouse for public policy information. Includes full text publications and catalogs.
- Employee Benefit Research Institute
- The only nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to original public policy research and education on economic security and employee benefits.
- Health and Retirement Study
- Provides data to explain the consequences of retirement, to examine the relationship between health, income and wealth over time, to examine life cycle patterns of wealth accumulation and consumption, and to monitor work disability.
- National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE)
- Organsation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs working papers
- Includes the The OECD Jobs Study: Working Paper Series and Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers in Adobe Acrobat format.
- Implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy : Lessons from Member Countries' Experience
- Summarizes the key lessons learned from the implementation of unemployment policies contained in the 1994 OECD Jobs Study. Statistical tables on unemployment and unemployment benefits across the OECD countries, and table summaries of country-specific recommendations for implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy are provided.
- Panel Study of Income Dynamics
- Begun in 1968, the central focus of this panel study is on income sources and amounts, employment, family composition changes and demographic events.
- W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- An independent, nonprofit research organization devoted to finding, evaluating and promoting solutions to employment-related problems.
- Staff Working Papers
- Fulltext in PDF format.
- WorkIndex
- Gateway to a wide variety of workplace-oriented Web sites.
- Employment Research Newsletter
- A publication of the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Beginning with the Spring 1997 issue -- available fulltext in PDF format.
- Industrial and Labor Relations Review
- Published by the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
- Issues in Labor Statistics
- Issues in Labor Statistics are published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They are succinct up-to-the-minute background papers on current topics.
- Monthly Labor Review Online - Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Abstracts and excerpts are in HTML for easy on-line scanning. The full text is in PDF for downloading and printing a paper copy that is easier to read. Archives are available online from 1992 to the present.
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Governmental Agencies
University Resources
General Resources
Periodical Resources (some resources may not be full-text)
Legal Resources
Americans with Disabilities Act
An Overview
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Guidelines on Pre-Employment Inquiries
- Davis-Bacon Act Information
- Full text of the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 which set standards for federally funded projects.
- Employee Benefit Research Institute
- A nonpartisan organization committed to original public policy research and education on economic security and employee benefits.
- Employment Library
- Includes information on issues relating to workplace discrimination, plus employment and labor laws; online from the Clark Boardman Callaghan Co.
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Record-keeping requirements
- Key provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- Labor and Employment Law
- Contains many publications that are up to date on important developments and trends in the area of labor and employment law.
- Labor Policy Association
- Legislative issue briefs and employment law (cite and small summary) beginning with Wagner Act of 1935.
- U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library: Employment, Labor, and Pension Law
- Hypertext links to those parts of the Code that deal with employment, labor and pension laws; online from the U.S. House of Representatives Law Library.
Statistical Resources
Business Cycle Indicators
Presents a set of 256 data series commonly known as the US Business Cycle Indicators. They are used for tracking and predicting US business activity. With a few exceptions that consists of quarterly data, the historical data is monthly data, originally published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (now disseminated by The Conference Board, a private, not-for-profit organization). In most instances the data on this web site is complete from 1948 to 1995.
- Current Population Survey : a joint project between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census
- The CPS is the primary source of information on the labor force characteristics of the U.S. population.
- Data access and tables via Data FERRETT the Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room
- Provides access to U.S. government economic statistics on employment, unemployment and earnings through the White House home page.
- FEDSTATS
- More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use.
- Labor and Employment Statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Employment Projections
- Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
- The Current Population Survey, a monthly household survey, conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides a comprehensive body of information on the employment and unemployment experience of the Nation's population, classified by age, sex, race, and a variety of other characteristics.
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics
- The LAUS program provides monthly and annual average estimates for labor force, employment, unemployment, and the unemployment rate for some 6,700 areas. The areas include census regions and divisions, states, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs), labor market areas (LMAs), counties and county equivalents, cities with a population of 25,000 and over, and cities and towns in New England.
- Regional Economic Information System
- The REIS data base provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1996. Statistics in the data base include: personal income and earning variables, full and part employment variables, transfer payments variables, and farm income and expenses variables. The REIS data base is produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This form allows the user to view this data by selecting economic variables, locations, and years.