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Human Resource Management and Labor Relations

For a resource guide about answering basic reference questions related to this topic, see the BRASS Core Competencies for Business Reference web page on Jobs and Human Resources.

Links to many resources on such topics as employment law, labor-management relations, labor standards, employee rights and responsibilities.

Extensive list of well-organized links to "internet based resources for HR professionals and students."

Includes links to websites on HR, listservs, HR related companies - from Eric R. Wilson.

U.C. Berkeley's interdisciplinary research institute - connect to its four different working papers series.

NLRB primarily guards employees against unfair labor practices by employers or unions and oversees elections where employees decide whether they want to be represented by unions. The Help Desk gives a menu of topics the user can select from which will lead her to the right agency for help, even if not within NLRB jurisdiction.

The Society for Human Resource Management provides a vast amount of information related to Human Resources, from online publications to HR job openings around the country to an information center and library of white papers, model surveys, questionnaires, and job descriptions. Then connect to HR Links at http://www.shrm.org/hrlinks/ for well-organized, human resources links.

The EEOC enforces employment discrimination laws and conducts investigations of alleged discrimination in the workplace. The page provides useful information for both employees and employers alike.

Well-done site with annotated links, joint project of Cornell University and Human Resource Executive Magazine.

From the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University - go to Electronic Archive for full-text commission and task force documents as well as ILR publications.

Online portal for human resource information including HR news, jobs, white papers, policies, safety compliance, and other resources.

Extensive directory of HR resources covering various areas including recruiting, performance, and applicant tracking. Provides a Toolkit for forms, job ads, and policies and procedures. Also includes updated news.

Provides a wealth of information on employment law including policies and forms, articles on national and state laws, access to court cases, and federal laws and regulations.

Directory of human resources information for students and professionals. Covers a wide variety of information which includes documents and policies, recruitment, HRIS, compensation, training and development, and legal news.

Website created by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The information on the site is organized at four levels. The top layer provides brief summaries on current news; the second offers short articles written by professional business journalists in plain, jargon-free prose; the third consists of academic papers; and the last layer links to related web sites.

From Cornell University, this website contains mostly free access to the institute’s working paper series.

Comprehensive directory containing links to over 35,000 human resource sites on the Internet. Also provides links to current human resource news briefs.