Government Publications and Law

Reference Shelf: Labor & Employment

Page Contains:

Federal Agencies & Offices

US Department of Labor (DOL)
National Labor Relations Board
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

California Agencies & Offices

California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
California Employment Development Department (EDD)
California Department of Industrial Relations
Divisions include Labor Standards Enforcement, Occupational Health & Safety, Workers' Compensation, Apprenticeship Standards, and Labor & Statistics Research
Agricultural Labor Relations Board

Library Databases: Require on-site UCSC or OCA access

LexisNexis Academic
Academic Search Complete from EBSCO
Ebsco Business Source Premier
Regional Business News
Stat-USA (in library only)
EconLit
Social Services Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts

Public Databases

O*Net
Overviews of occupations and industries

Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nationwide statistics on wages, unemployment, occupations, etc.
Foreign Labor Statistics
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics; international statistics on wages, productivity, etc.
International Labour Organization: Bureau of Statistics
UN organization; international statistics on employment, wages, worker demographics, etc. Includes LABORSTA database of labor statistics
Facts and Figures on the California Economy and Workforce
From the California Labor & Workforce Development Agency
California Economic Indicators

Publications

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Current Edition; Previous Editions
NAICS and SIC Industrial Codes
CRS Reports- Industrial and Labor Relations Reports
From ILR at Cornell University
California Employment Development Dept. Publications

UCSC Research & Subject Guides

Research Guides: Include print and online resources available at UCSC

Business
Economics

Subject Guide: Labor

Updated July 16, 2008

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