Employment
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:
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
1) The hiring of a person for compensation, in which the employer has the right to control how the employee does the job. 2) The job for which an employee is hired.
Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
August 19, 2010, 5:15 pm
menu of sources
Federal Material
U.S. Constitution and Federal Statutes
- 29 U.S. Code - Labor.Representative chapters pertinent to employment:
- 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
- Chapter 21. The Civil Rights Act
- Chapter 126. - Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities
- CRS Annotated Constitution
Federal Agency Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations: 29 C.F.R. - Labor For other federal agency regulations concerning employment law, see specific topical pages.
Federal Judicial Decisions
- U.S. Supreme Court:
- U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals: Recent Decisions dealing with Employment
U.S. Constitution
- CRS Annotated Constitution:
- Article I: Federal Versus State Labor Laws
- First Amendment: Government as Employer: Free Expression Generally
- First Amendment: Employment Restrictions and Loyalty Oaths
State Material
State Statutes
- State laws concerning compensation, hours, and other conditions of work
- Other state statutes concerning:
State Judicial Decisions
- N.Y. Court of Appeals:
- Appellate Decisions from Other States
International Material
Conventions and Treaties
- Dealing with Human Rights (including those bearing on employment)
Other References
Key Internet Sources
- U.S. Department of Labor Home Page
- Employee Rights (Nolo)
- Internet Law Library (list of links)
- AHI's Employment Law Resource Center
- Summary of Federal Employment Law from the Matthies law firm
- Employment Law Information Network
- Human Resources Law (Nolo)
- National Employment Law Institute
- Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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, West Group (2004)
