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Bar Associations:
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DuPage County Bar Association:
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www.dcba.org |
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Illinois State Bar Association:
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www.isba.org |
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National Employment Lawyers Association/Illinois:
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http://www.nela-illinois.org |
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Federal Laws:
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Elaws:
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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.
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Laws Enforced by the EEOC:
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http://eeoc.gov/policy/laws.html |
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State Laws:
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Illinois Employment Laws:
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www.legis.state.il.us/ |
Select “Illinois Compiled Statutes,” then scroll down and select Chapter 820- Employment.
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Labor and Employment Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico:
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www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Labor.htm |
Select “Illinois Compiled Statutes,” then scroll down and select Chapter 820- Employment.
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Administrative Resources:
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– Agencies:
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The Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law:
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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.
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Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division:
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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).
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Employment Standards Administration:
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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.
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Health Information Privacy:
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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.
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– Compilations of Federal Agency Resources:
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Agency Index from Washburn University School of Law:
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www.washlaw.edu/doclaw/executive5m.html |
A very useful chart of home pages, publications, forms and opinions/decisions arranged by agency.
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Illinois State Administrative Resources:
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Complete listing of State Agencies:
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www.illinois.gov/government/agency.cfm |
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Department of Employment Security:
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www.ides.state.il.us |
Under Publications, find laws, rules, policy guidelines, and interpretations.
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Illinois Human Rights Commission:
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www.state.il.us/ihrc |
Text of act and rules.
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Department of Human Rights:
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www.state.il.us/dhr |
Text of the act and rules. Information on filing a charge of discrimination under Illinois Human Rights Act.
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Department of Labor:
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www.state.il.us/agency/idol/ |
Text of statutes, forms and rates. Information arranged by division.
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Local Government Resources:
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Cook County Commission on Human Rights:
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co.cook.il.us/agencyDetail.php?pAgencylD=3 |
Information about the Commission, complaint, investigation, and adjudication procedures. Text of Human Rights Ordinance.
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Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR):
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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.
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Cornell Legal Information Institute-Federal Courts:
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www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html |
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State Courts:
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llinois Supreme Court:
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http://www.state.il.us/court/ |
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Illinois Appellate Court:
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http://www.state.il.us/court/appellatecourt/ |
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Find Law- State Resources:
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www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw |
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Find Law- State Resources:
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www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw |
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Electronic Publications/Overviews/Analyses:
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EEO Litigation: Practice and Procedure-Basics of Employment Law for Law Clerks:
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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.
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Cornell LII- Employment Law:
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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.
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Federal Law Prohibiting Job Discrimination- Questions and Answers (EEOC):
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www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html |
An overview of federal discrimination laws.
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Employment Law Information Network:
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www.elinfonet.com |
An employment law portal. Links to articles (law firm newsletters, agency announcements) and employment laws.
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Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE):
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www.iicle.com/flashpoints/flashpoints.asp |
A free, monthly current awareness service. Includes employment law and workers’ compensation. Also available as an email update.
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MyEmploymentLawyer.com:
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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.
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Illinois Legal Aid:
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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.
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Southern Illinois University:
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http://www.siu.edu/ |
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Self Help Legal Center:
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www.law.siu.edu/selfhelp |
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Human Rights Law Websites:
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The Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto Law School:
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www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/ |
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American University Washington College of Law:
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www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/ |
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The Human Rights Watch:
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www.hrw.org |
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The American Society of International Law:
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http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm |
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University of Minnesota Human Rights Library:
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http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/bibliog/BIBLIO.htm |
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Human Rights Resource:
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http://www.hrusa.org/default.htm |
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Press Releases:
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EEOC:
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http://eeoc.gov/press/index.html |
June 1994 to present.
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DCBA Press Releases:
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http://www.dcba.org/releases.htm |
June 1994 to present.
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Statistics:
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Bureau of Labor Statistics:
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www.bls.gov/ |
Searchable statistics on wages, earnings, benefits, safety and health, employment and unemployment.
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Online Library Catalogs/Search Engines:
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– Illinois Libraries:
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Chicago Kent Law Library:
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library.kentlaw.edu |
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John Marshall Law School:
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www.jmls.edu/library/onlinecatalogs.shtml |
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University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana:
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www.library.uiuc.edu/catalog/ |
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Listservs and Usenet Groups:
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FindLaw-Labor and Employment Law: Mailing Lists and Usenet Group:
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www.findlaw.com/01topics/27labor/mail_usenet.html |
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