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General Employment Law Sites

Local Providers Outside of the Washington, D.C. Area
Click here for a list of other legal service providers that offer help with employment law.

Advocacy
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
D.C. Council Page - Legislation, Contact Info
    Elected Officials in DC
    ANC Chairpersons
D.C. Government
    D.C. Department of Employment Services
D.C. Voter Registration
DCWatch
Federal Government Manual - everything you need to know about the feds.
    FOIA Contacts at All Federal Agencies
Labor Market Information - D.C.

Child Labor
Child Labor Laws
Teen Safety
U.S. DOL Wage & Hour Division Youth Page

D.C. Government Employees
D.C. Public Schools
Phone Numbers
D.C. Office of Personnel
Public Employees Relations Board
Workers' Compensation

Discrimination
D.C. Office of Human Rights
DiscriminationAttorney.com
EEOC Home Page
EEO Poster
EEOC Aviso En Espanol
Employment Discrimination: The Basics
Employment Discrimination (Cornell)
Federal Employees' EEO Complaints
Filing a Charge
Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices

Equal Pay
Working Women: Equal Pay--It's Time for Working Women to Earn Equal Pay

Federal Contractors
Davis-Bacon (construction) and Related Acts
    Davis-Bacon Poster
Office of Federal Contract Compliance (U.S. Department of Labor)
Service Contract Act
    Service Contract Act Poster
    Service Contract Act Poster in Spanish

Federal Employees
EEOC: Basic Information About Federal Discrimination Complaints
Merit Systems Protection Board
Retirement Information: OPM
Unemployment Compensation
U.S. Government Manual - lists all federal agencies and contacts
Workers' Compensation
Forms
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board

Health Insurance
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration Home Page

Job Training & Job Search
Women in Apprenticeships and Non-Traditional Occupations
Workforce Investment Act

Research
D.C. License Information - includes city and zip code, but not address
D.C. Corporate Information Search - search for registered D.C. corporations, enter as little as possible for most accurate search. (Use the search for "Contains" for the most generic search).
D.C. Real Property Ownership Search - search for the owner of a particular piece of property in D.C. Also includes recently assessed values.

Maryland Construction License Search
Maryland Corporate Information Search
Maryland Real Property Ownership Search. You must know the county. If you are unsure, consult the map and list of Maryland counties in the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, or try all of the following counties which are near to D.C.: Montgomery, Prince Georges, Howard, Anne Arundel, Frederick, Baltimore, Charles and Calvert.

Virginia Construction Licenses
Virginia Corporation Information Search.
Virginia Real Property Search - you must know the county. If you are unsure, consult the Virginia county map and list of counties and unincorporated cities.


Reverse Phone Number Lookup - When you know a phone number, this tool may be able to match up a name or address with it.
White Pages - People Search - People S - the Superpages is one of the more up-to-date people searchers on the internet.
Yellow Pages - Business Search - Superpages for business information.
Zip Code Look Up.

Pension & Retirement
U.S. DOL - Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Women and Pensions: What Women Need to Know and Do

Safety & Health
OSHA
AFL-CIO Safety and Health
Center to Protect Workers' Rights - Hazard Alerts
Cornell's U.S. Workplace Safety and Health Law
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health

Spanish Materials
Center to Protect Workers' Rights - Hazard Alerts
DC Latino Directory
EEOC Aviso (Discriminacion)
FMLA Aviso
Usted Tiene El Derecho A Trabajar (Immigration Related Unfair Practices)
Protección para Empleados Contra Abusos del Examen Poligráfico (Aviso)
Voting & Elections in D.C. - Info in Spanish

Taxes
D.C. Tax Forms
Tax Help for Low-Income People, Call (800) 829-1040.

Unemployment Compensation
Information Technology Support Center (Technical UI Information, including UIPLs - Unemployment Insurance Program Letters)
U.S. Unemployment Compensation Law (Cornell)
U.S. Department of Labor UI Page

Unions & Organizing
AFL-CIO Organizing
IGC: LaborNet

Wages and Hours
Maryland Wage and Hour Information
Minimum Wage Laws in the States

Welfare to Work
D.C. Department of Human Services
NASWA Welfare Reform
Preventing Discrimination in Welfare to Work by the National Partnership for Women and Families
U.S. Department of Labor Welfare to Work

Workers' Compensation
AFL-CIO Workers' Compensation
D.C. Workers' Compensation (private sector)
Form 7: Notice of Injury
Form 7A: Employee's Claim
Maryland Workers' Compensation Information
U.S. Workers Compensation Law (federal workers - Cornell)

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