Government Sources by Subject: Employment Rights

International

International Labour Organization (ILO)
The ILO is an agency of the United Nations. Find news, statistics, international labor standards, and more.
Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (ILO)
Find country status reports, fact sheets, and news. See also the full text of the Declaration and its Annex.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Full text of this United Nations covenant which was ratified in 1966 and entered into force in 1976.
Employment Rights Act 1996 (United Kingdom)
Full text of the act as originally passed and the subsequent modifications that give this act its current form.

United States

Employee Rights - National Labor Relational Board
Information on who is protected by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as well as examples of protected employee rights and activities.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
News and information for employees and employers.
Equal Employment Opportunity Data
View employment tables by occupation, education, or geography.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 1964 (PL 88-352), FedLaw
Full text of Public Law 88-352.
The Civil rights act of 1964
Text, analysis, legislative history; located in the Suzzallo/Allen Stacks, KF4744 .B87.
Decision (microfiche only)
EEOC case decisions; the index is filed with the set; there is a user guide located in the "microfiche user guide" notebook.

Important Employment Discrimination Cases

Griggs v. Duke Power Co. 401 U.S. 424
The landmark 1970’s Title VII case in which the Supreme Court held that broad aptitude tests used in hiring practices that disparately impact minorities must be reasonably related to the job.
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green 411 U.S. 792
The landmark 1973 Supreme Court case dealing with disparate treatment claims, the intentional differential treatment of individuals with regard to employment practices. This court case established the basic legal framework used to analyze a claim of employment discrimination brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Serv., Inc.
In this 1987 case, the Court held that sex discrimination consisting of same-sex sexual harassment can form the basis for a valid claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Toyota Motors Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams
A 2002 case dealing with the Americans with Disabilities Act in which the Supreme Court further refined the legal definition of a qualified individual with a disability. Specifically, the courts addressed the issue of what constitutes a substantial limitation to a major life activity.

Labor Unions

Labor Archives of Washington
Historical documents from labor unions, worker's right organizations, and person papers of labor rights supporters. Housed in the UW Special Collections department.
Berkeley Labor Guides, University of California, Berkeley
Bibliography of newspaper and journal articles, books and web resources by The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. These sources may lead to more bibliographies.

Uprising of the 20,000

In 1909 garment workers in New York went on strike in what became known as the "Uprising of the 20,000", although some estimates place the total number closer to 30,000 participants over the 11 week strike as more workers joined while others returned to work.

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