Legal Links

Employment Law

• US Department of Labor Administers Retirement plans, Labor Health and Safety, Wage and Hours, Whistle-blower protection, Family and Medical Leave Act, Child Labor, labor standards on federal contracts. 
• DOL Compliance Information Compliance Manuals for many DOL programs:  Employment Standards Administration; OSHA; 
• FMLA Information US Department of Labor:  Family Medical Leave Act.  Excellent source for information on FMLA--Fact Sheet, statute and regulations, compliance guide and more.   Retrieve a copy of FMLA Poster for your HR bulletin board.  Forms for medical certification. 
• Minimum Wage Info US DOL.   Lots of information on federal minimum wage.  What employers need to know; employees rights; minimum wage poster.  Questions and Answers regarding the federal minimum wage. 
• FLSA  Fair Labor Standards Act Information.  Links to the Child Labor Advisor; Fair Labor Standards Act employer and employee advisor; federal Davis-Bacon Act; FMLA advisor; Director of Occupations. 
• Employment Standards Administration the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces and administers laws governing legally-mandated wages and working conditions, including child labor, minimum wages, overtime and family and medical leave; equal employment opportunity in businesses with federal contracts and subcontracts; workers' compensation for certain employees injured on their jobs; internal union democracy and financial integrity, and union elections, which protect the rights of union members; and other laws and regulations governing employment standards and practices.
• ERIC--Industry ERISA lobby organization"The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is an association of America's largest employers committed to the advancement of voluntary retirement, health care coverage, and other employee benefit plans. ERIC's mission is to promote policies necessary for its members' employee benefit plans to flourish and is the only organization in the nation's capital that represents exclusively the employee benefits interest of America's largest employers. We actively advocate the interests of major employers before Congress, regulatory agencies and the courts; educate policy makers and the public about the objectives, design and administration of voluntary employee benefit plans; and provide to our members the resources needed to understand and influence national policy."   Lots of information on benefits legislation.  Discusses emerging pension benefits issues from an employer's point of view. 
• EEOC Small Business Information.  Links to brief discussions of a variety of discrimination issues:   What laws does the EEOC enforce; how long must records be kept; listings of the various kinds of employment discrimination; information on Immigration Reform and Control Act; references to publications and seminars. 
• EEOC Questions and Answers regarding Discrimination Laws. Short discussion of each of the anti-discrimination laws. 
• EEOC EEOC Home Page
• Cobra Insure.com--Know your insurance rights.   Clear basic information on employee's rights to continue benefits.  Links to other information, including mandatory state benefits. 
• Cobra and Divorce Insure.com's discussion of cobra rights in divorce. 

Minnesota State Employment Law Resources

• Minnesota Workers Compensation Research and Oversight Council's Minnesota Workers Compensation Links to Minnesota agencies dealing with workers compensation. 
• Workers Guide to Minnesota Workers Compensation Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry--overview of the statute, basic information. Valuable summary of the Minnesota law.  Phone numbers & e-mail addresses. 
• Unemployment Compensation Law Cornell University UC page
• Minnesota Remployment Insurance (Unemployment Compensation) Minnesota Department of Economic Insurance.  Entry point for a variety of information, including frequently asked questions; employer and employee information; regulations and statutes; taxation.   Employer Handbook. 
• Minnesota FLSA Text of Minnesota minimum wage law
• Chapter 181 Statute covering when wages must be paid; payment of wages on resignation or termination and other similar provisions. 
• Minnesota OSHA Questions and Answers regarding Minnesota's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 
• Catalyst Assists business in advancing women in upper management
• National Guard Employer's in Support of National Guard...Information for employers dealing with National Guard issues. 
• League Links Minnesota League of Cities Employment Related Links to state, federal and private organizations. 
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Industrial Relations Links John Budd's Links--University of Minnesota.  This is an extremely comprehensive list of links with a labor-law emphasis.   Links to professional organizations, labor groups, libraries, and university industrial and labor law programs. 
• Minnesota Human Rights Rule 5000 Full text of Minnesota's Human Rights regulations. 
• Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights 
• Human Rights Resource Center
• Minnesota Department of Human Rights 
• Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation 

Other Links

• Benefits Link - This is a tremendously rich source of links to information on pensions, health insurance and taxation of benefits 
• Selected Employment Law Resources St. Louis University School of Law, Selected Resources in Employment Law and Policy 
• ErgoWeb  Information on ergonomics

Ross Runkel's Links (Professor of Law Willamette University)

• Employment Law Page Ross Runkel's Employment Law Page
• EEOC Numerous EEOC Links
• NLRB Numerous NLRB Links