Employment Law
This Employment Law Library Guide seeks to assist patrons at NSU Shepard Broad College of Law as a starting point for initial research in employment law.
Employment Law Library Guide
This Employment Law Library Guide seeks to help NSU patrons by offering links to selected employment law resources related to these topics: (1) employment relationship; (2) discrimination; (3) wages, hours, and benefits; (4) workers compensation; and (5) Disability Inclusion Advocacy Law (DIAL) Clinic.
General Information about Employment Law
Introduction
Employment law involves a variety of U.S. government departments, commissions, agencies, and division.
U.S. Departments
U.S. Commissions
U.S. Agencies in the Department of Labor
- Office of the Secretary;
- Administrative Review Board;
- Benefits Review Board;
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs;
- Bureau of Labor Statistics;
- Employee Benefits Security Administration;
- Employees' Compensation Appeals Board;
- Employment and Training Administration;
- Mine Safety and Health Administration;
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration;
- Office of Administrative Law Judges;
- Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs;
- Office of Disability Employment Policy;
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs;
- Office of Inspector General;
- Office of Labor Management Standards;
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Managment;
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy;
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer;
- Office of the Solicitor;
- Office of Workers' Compensation Programs;
- Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program;
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation;
- Veterans' Employment and Training Service;
- Wage and Hour Division;
- Women's Bureau.
Department of Labor: Whistleblower Protection Program
Department of Justice: Civil Rights Division
Topics within Employment Law
Although this is not an exhaustive of every topic under the sun within employment law, below please find an initial list.
- Accessibility;
- Accommodations;
- Affirmative Action;
- Arbitration;
- Background Checks;
- Back Pay;
- Bottom Line Defense;
- Collective Bargaining;
- Disability;
- Discrimination;
- Domestic Partnerships and Benefits;
- Drug Testing;
- Employee Privacy;
- Hostile Work Environment;
- Implied Contract;
- Immigration;
- Injunction;
- Minimum Wage;
- Mediation;
- Non-compete Clauses;
- Pensions;
- Recognitional Picketing;
- Retaliation;
- Severance;
- Sexual Harrassment.
Selected Electronic Secondary Sources on LexisNexis and Westlaw
- American Bar Association Journal of Employment and Law on Westlaw;
- Employment Discrimination Law and Litigation on Westlaw;
- Fifty State Regulatory Surveys of Employment Law on Westlaw;
- Fifty State Statutory Surveys of Employment Law on Westlaw;
- Investigating Employee Conduct on Westlaw;
- Labor and Employment Guides, Treatises, and Jurisprudence on LexisNexis;
- Secondary Sources for Employment Law on Westlaw.
Selected Electronic Secondary Source on Aspen Learning Library
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Examples & Explanations for Employment Discrimination, Fifth Edition
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Examples & Explanations: Employment Discrimination, well-known and highly respected author Joel Friedman utilizes the time-tested Examples and Explanations format to expand on employment law and include content based on recent changes to employment discrimination law.
Comprehensive and easily understood, the Fifth Edition of Examples & Explanations: Employment Discrimination offers students a precise synopsis of employment discrimination law along with numerous deftly written questions to help students accurately and persuasively apply the applicable doctrine to the relevant facts.
New to the Fifth Edition:
Title VII: Reformulation of Undue Hardship Test for Religious Accommodation Cases under Title VII
Title VII: Expansion of ministerial exception in religious accommodation cases under Title VII
Title VII: narrowing of protection for opposition activity in retaliation claims under Title VII
Title VII: expansion of sexual harassment claims under Title VII to include sex stereotyping
Affirmative Action: Prohibition of use of race in university admissions policies
Professors and students will benefit from:
Includes references to all important developments through Supreme Court's 2022-2023 term
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798889068174Publication Date: November 17, 2023
Selected Electronic Resources on LexisNexis Digital Library
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Labor Arbitration Practice: An Advocate's Handbook
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This book is a handbook to guide lawyers as well as lay employer and union advocates in preparing and presenting their cases to a neutral arbitrator or board of arbitration. It leads the reader through each step of the labor arbitration process, particularly to see the arbitration process from the perspective of the advocate and to evaluate the strategies and tactics often employed by experienced advocates in case preparation and presentation.
It is also designed for union and management lawyers and lay advocates alike. In virtually all aspects of case preparation and presentation, the tasks and skills of a union advocate are mirror images of those of his or her employer counterpart, and vice versa. Although union advocates almost always represent the individual(s) bringing the grievance (the "grievant(s)" or "complainant(s)") and the union that represents him/her/them (which is defending the case), the specific steps in preparation and presentation of the case are identical for each side. In the many examples and practical tips found throughout the book, both union and employer perspectives are reflected.
This book deals solely with labor arbitration, advocates may nevertheless find themselves with a case in other related arenas, such as employment disputes in non-union settings, and may find relevant and useful information in most of the chapters of this book.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781641058339Publication Date: July 16, 2021 -
Mastering Labor Law, 1st ed.
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Mastering Labor Law provides necessary procedural and substantive material without overwhelming the reader with details that are unduly esoteric or tangential. The book begins with an introduction to private and public sector labor law. It then turns to United States labor history and procedure, organization, and jurisdiction issues under the National Labor Relations Act. The book then comprehensively addresses the organizational and collective bargaining processes, before covering forms of protected activity. It closes by considering other topics such as labor arbitration, union security clause, labor preemption, and antitrust doctrine.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781611637984Publication Date: May 25, 2016 -
Understanding Employment Law, 3rd ed.
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The third edition of Understanding Employment Law continues to strike a balance between comprehensiveness and selectivity. It provides the substantive material needed to succeed in practice and in the classroom and on final examinations, without overwhelming the reader with details that are unduly esoteric or tangential. The book begins first with common-law employment doctrines such as employment-at-will, employment contracts, employment torts, workplace privacy issues, and restrictive covenants. It then turns to federal and state statutory regulation of the workplace, covering topics such as compensation (including wage and hour legislation and unemployment insurance), employee benefits (including leave time, pensions, and health insurance), and workplace safety legislation. The third edition provides an updated approach to a complex and multifaceted legal framework that is continually evolving.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781531011666Publication Date: July 1, 2019 -
Understanding Labor Law, 6th ed.
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This Understanding treatise examines the multifaceted and complex area of private-sector labor law. The treatise is more concise than a casebook but contains more citation to cases and other authorities than other labor law overviews. It is comprehensive enough to be adopted and used by law and other professors as the primary textbook for a labor law course, yet succinct enough to be used as an aid for those seeking to understand dense material.
The treatise focuses on private sector labor relationships, dealing primarily with the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, and its interpretation and application by federal courts and the National Labor Relations Board. Organized in a format consistent with the organization of most labor law courses, the book is comprehensive, containing up-to-date chapters on exceptions to employment-at-will and international labor law as well as on traditional labor law topics. Each chapter concludes with reader-friendly "Chapter Highlights," summarizing the major doctrines discussed in the chapter.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781531028251Publication Date: June 25, 2025
Selected Electronic Resources on West Academic Study Aids
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Employment Law, 6th ed.
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Designed for use with any casebook, the Sixth Edition has been expanded and updated, including such new topics as whether just-in-time workers (e.g., Uber drivers) are employees or independent contractors, along with expert coverage of anti-discrimination laws, wage and hour law, ERISA, privacy in employment, OSHA, workers’ compensation, restrictive covenants, wrongful discharge, unemployment compensation, and pensions.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781642424072Publication Date: August 7, 2019 -
Employment Law in a Nutshell, 5th ed.
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This Nutshell provides an overview of individual employee rights and responsibilities. It addresses a number of areas, including establishing and ending the employment relationship, protection of employee privacy and reputation, discrimination, regulation of wages and hours, employee physical safety, fringe benefits, and employee duties of loyalty. This edition includes a discussion of the many changes in harassment law and the impact of the #MeToo movement, a look at the recent Supreme Court case law extending employment discrimination protections to sexual orientation and transgender status, an examination of the trend toward a more virtual economy and platform-based work, and a description of the changes in how employees work, and the terms of that work, in the face of an ongoing health pandemic.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781636593838Publication Date: March 11, 2022 -
The Law of Employment, 2nd ed.
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This textbook is a one-volume treatment of the basic analytical structure and legal policy issues informing U.S. employment law. The full range of the subject matter is examined with chapters on defining who are employees (as opposed to independent contractors); employment contracts; employment torts; workplace privacy; post-termination restraints and workplace intellectual property issues; employee benefits; wage-hour laws; occupational safety; workers’ compensation; and unemployment compensation.
Introductory chapters are also included on the economic analysis of employment regulation, employment discrimination, union organization, and collective bargaining laws. The book is designed as a complement for all leading casebooks on employment law, in that it approaches the issues in a comprehensive manner that will enable the student to understand how these laws interact in particular cases. Unlike other employment law treatises, this book moves well beyond the descriptive to empower the student in tackling difficult analytical and policy issues in the field.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781642427059Publication Date: July 26, 2021 -
A Short and Happy Guide to Employment Law, 1st ed.
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Everyone wants a piece of Employment Law – federal, state, and local governments; statutes, regulations, and common; tort law, contract law, and don’t forget the Constitution! This book covers it all – in a Short and Happy form! Moving through each phase of the employment relationship, the chapters note the issues which arise for both employees and employers. It’s all here with a quick summary at the end of each chapter. You’ll be a happier student by the end of the book.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781636595122Publication Date: September 9, 2024
Selected Print Secondary Sources
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Principles of Employment Law, 2nd ed.
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of employment law and is a useful supplement to any employment law casebook. The book is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 examines who is an employee and who is an employer. Chapter 2 analyzes the employment-at-will doctrine and job security claims. Chapter 3 focuses on privacy, autonomy and dignity. Chapter 4 analyzes claims that employers may have against employees. Chapter 5 discusses employment terms and benefits that are directly mandated by law, like minimum wage, or strongly encouraged or regulated by law, such as pensions. Chapter 6 examines workplace health and safety. Finally, Chapter 7 discusses the expanding role of arbitration in the resolution of employment disputes.
Call Number: KF3455 .S65 2018ISBN: 9781683283591Publication Date: January 17, 2018 -
Understanding Employment Law, 3rd ed.
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The third edition of Understanding Employment Law continues to strike a balance between comprehensiveness and selectivity. It provides the substantive material needed to succeed in practice and in the classroom and on final examinations, without overwhelming the reader with details that are unduly esoteric or tangential. The book begins first with common-law employment doctrines such as employment-at-will, employment contracts, employment torts, workplace privacy issues, and restrictive covenants. It then turns to federal and state statutory regulation of the workplace, covering topics such as compensation (including wage and hour legislation and unemployment insurance), employee benefits (including leave time, pensions, and health insurance), and workplace safety legislation. The third edition provides an updated approach to a complex and multifaceted legal framework that is continually evolving.
Call Number: KF3455 .B354 2019ISBN: 9781531016142Publication Date: 2019 -
Employment Law, 6th ed.
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Designed for use with any casebook, the Sixth Edition has been expanded and updated, including such new topics as whether just-in-time workers (e.g., Uber drivers) are employees or independent contractors, along with expert coverage of anti-discrimination laws, wage and hour law, ERISA, privacy in employment, OSHA, workers' compensation, restrictive covenants, wrongful discharge, unemployment compensation, and pensions.
Call Number: KF3455 .E4772 2019ISBN: 1642424072Publication Date: July 8, 2019
LexisNexis: Labor and Employment
Westlaw: Employment
Selected Federal Statutes related to Employment Law
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act;
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990;
- Civil Rights Act;
- Compilation of Federal Whistleblower Protection Statutes;
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act;
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act;
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act;
- Employment and Reemployment Rights of Members of the Uniformed Services;
- Equal Pay Act of 1963;
- Fair Labor Standards Act;
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1983;
- Fair Credit Reporting Act;
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009;
- Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act;
- Mine Safety and Health Act;
- National Labor Relations Act;
- Occupational Safety and Health Act;
- Portal to Portal Act of 1947;
- Provisions from Fair Labor Standards Act;
- Provisions from Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986;
- Provisions from Surface Transportation Assistance Act;
- Provisions from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act;
- Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Based on Genetic Information;
- The Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
Code of Federal Regulations
Executive Orders
Selected Florida Labor Statute Provisions
Labor and Employment Cases
Florida Commissions and Departments
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Additional Resources
American Bar Association
Library Guides
- Florida State University: Labor and Employment Library Guide;
- Georgetown Law Library: Labor and Employment Research Guide;
- New York University Law Library: International Law: Specialized Sources: International Labor Law;
- Cornell University Library: Labor and Employment Law;
- HeinOnline Library Guide: Labor and Employment: The American Worker;
- Library of Congress: Employment and Labor Law: A Beginner's Guide;
- International Labour Organization: Library Guide about AI and the World of Work.
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Employment Lawyers Association
National Employment Law Institute
National Workrights Institute
The Florida Bar