Labor Law Selected Bibliography

1. Department of Labor Agencies

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   • Public Access- Department of Labor, available at https://www.dol.gov/

    

   Bureau of Labor Statistics

   • Public Access- Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at https://www.bls.gov/

   • Note- The BLS 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. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.

    

   Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)

   • Public Access- Dept. of Labor, available at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa

   • Note- Responsible for administering the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

    

   Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

   • Public Access- Dept. of Labor, available at https://www.msha.gov/

   • Note- The purpose of the Mine Safety and Health Administration is to prevent death, disease, and injury from mining, and to promote safe and healthful workplaces for the nation's miners.

    

   Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

   • Public Access- Dept. of Labor, available at https://www.osha.gov/

   • Note- OSHA was created to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women, by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance.

    

   Wage and Hour Division

   • Public Access- Dept. of Labor, available at https://www.dol.gov/whd/

   • Note- The DOL Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is responsible for enforcing some of our nation's most comprehensive federal labor laws, including the minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, child labor and special employment, family and medical leave, migrant workers, lie detector tests, worker protections in certain temporary worker programs, and the prevailing wages for government service and construction contracts.

3. Other Relevant Agencies

4. Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)

   • Public Access- FLRA, available at https://www.flra.gov

   • Note- The FLRA is an independent administrative federal agency created by Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act, allowing certain non-postal federal employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participate, through labor organizations of their choice, in decisions affecting their working lives.

    

   National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

   • Public Access- NLRB, available at https://nlrb.gov/

   • Note- The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency, vested with the power to safeguard employees' rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representatives. The agency also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private-sector employers and unions.

    

   Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC)

   • Public Access- EEOC, available at https://eeoc.gov/

   • Note- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. It is also illegal to discriminate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit.

    

   Social Security Administration (SSA)

   • Public Access- SSA, available at https://www.ssa.gov/

    

   National Mediation Board (NMB)

   • Public Access- EEOC, available at http://nmb.gov/

   • Note- The National Mediation Board (NMB), established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926, is an independent U.S. Federal-government agency that facilitates labor-management relations within the nation's railroad and airline industries. Pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, NMB programs provide dispute-resolution processes to effectively meet its statutory objectives: avoiding interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier; forbidding any limitation upon freedom of association among employees; providing for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions; and providing for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes growing out of grievances related to the implementation and management of collective bargaining agreements.

The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts, and the National Labor Relations Act, by John E. Higgins (6th edition, 2012) (with 2016 supplement)

• Call Number- KF336 .D48 2012

• Location- St. Thomas University Law Library Reference

BNA Labor Relations Classification Outline - By Topic

• STU Law Access- St. Thomas University Law Library Digital Library, BNA available athttp://laborandemploymentlaw.bna.com/lerc/view/iov_display.adp?vname=lelrtop

BNA Government Employee Relations Report

• STU Law Access- St. Thomas University Law Library Digital Library, BNA available at http://news.bna.com/grln/

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

• Public Access- NLRB, available at http://www.nlrb.gov

• Note- Provides labor relations and union support for private sector employees and employers

Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)

• Public Access- FLRA, available at http://www.flra.gov

• Note- Provides labor support and dispute resolution for public employees (excluding postal employees).

How Arbitration Works, by Elkouri & Elkouri (8th edition, 2016)

• Call Number- KF3424 .E53 2016

• Location- St. Thomas University Law Library General Collection

Labor and Employment Arbitration In a Nutshell, by Dennis R. Nolan (3rd edition, 2017)

• Call Number- KF3425 .N645 2017

• Location- St. Thomas University Law Library Study Aids

Florida Statutes (particularly Title XXXI - Labor)

• Location- St. Thomas University Law Library General Collection, North Reading Room - Shelf 108A

• STU Law Access- via Westlaw and Lexis Nexis

• Public Access- Florida Online Sunshine, available at http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Index&Title_Request=XXXI#TitleXXXI

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (Department of Labor)

• Public Access- DEO, available at http://www.floridajobs.org/

Florida Workers' Compensation

• Public Access- Division of Workers' Compensation, available at http://www.myfloridacfo.com/division/wc/

MyFlorida.com - Working in Florida

• Public Access- MyFlorida.com, available at http://www.myflorida.com/taxonomy/floridian/working%20in%20florida/

• Note- Provides links and information for job searches, employment programs, and labor laws, among other things.

Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law

STU Law Access- HeinOnline, available at http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=journals/berkjemp&collection=…

Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journal

Call Number- K8 .O92 (1997-present), K8 .O935 (1984-1997 as Hofstra Labor Law Journal)

Location- St. Thomas University Law Library Periodicals

STU Law Access- HeinOnline, available at http://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=journals/hlelj&collection=journals, and via Westlaw and Lexis Nexis.

ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law

Call Number- K1 .B15

Location- St. Thomas University Law Library Periodicals (available from vol. 25, 2009 - vol. 29, 2014)

STU Law Access- via Westlaw and Lexis Nexis

Public Access- ABA, available athttps://www.americanbar.org/groups/labor_law/publications/aba_journal_o…

ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law

Public Access- ABA, available at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/labor_law.html

AFL-CIO

Public Access- AFL-CIO, available at https://www.aflcio.org

Note- The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 57 national and international labor unions. The AFL-CIO was created in 1955 by the merger of the AFL and the CIO and is the largest federation of unions in the United States.