Catherwood Library

Databases

LRP - Arbsearch.com

http://www.arbsearch.com

Catherwood Library only

An electronic resource available via the "Library Networked Resources" folder on Catherwood Reference workstations. Database provides an index, summary of cases, and citations to more than 75,000 labor arbitration awards rendered since 1950. Also provides arbitrator biographies, with background and decision statistics.

See also: Guide to publications listed in LRP's Arbitration Database (link to pdf)

BNA: Daily Labor Report

http://ippubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/DLR.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument

ILR School community only

Covers legal developments, labor and employment legislation, regulations affecting the workplace, human resource trends, and labor-management relations -- from Congress, the courts, unions, the NLRB, EEOC, and the Labor Department.  Published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. 

BNA: Employment Discrimination Verdicts and Settlements

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/VDS.nsf/MainView?OpenView

ILR School community only

This searchable database contains thousands of employment discrimination verdicts, settlements, and awards since January 1996.  Click on the "Search All Issues" button to see the search options.

BNA: Environment and Safety Library on the Web (ESLW)

http://esweb.bna.com/

ILR School community only

ESLW is a database of federal and state laws, regulations, decisions, documents, and compliance tools (interactive forms, sample safety policies, directories, agency memoranda, calendars) related to occupational and environmental health and safety in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.  It also includes the full text of European Union directives and regulations, international treaties and agreements.  Topics include air and water pollution, hazmat transportation, food and drug regulation, ANSI standards, chemical manufacturing, mining safety, pesticides, right-to-know, toxic substances, and waste management.

BNA: Government Employee Relations Report

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/GER.NSF/

ILR School community only

Provides complete coverage of current employment developments and trends in the public sector.  Published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. 

BNA: HR Decision Support Network

http://hrnetwork.bna.com/

ILR School community only

Large collection of online HR-related information from BNA.  Includes Strategic White Papers/Case Studies; Human Resources Library; HR Audioconferences; Research and Benchmarking Studies; and access to Fast Answer Research questions/answers.

BNA: Human Resources Library

http://hrlibrary.bna.com/

ILR School community only

The HR Library is a database covering a broad range of relevant federal and state laws and regulations for personnel management. Topics include compensation, payroll administration, benefits, workers' compensation, employee conduct, performance appraisal, etc..

BNA: Human Resources Report

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/BER.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument

ILR School community only

Covers important employee relations trends and developments -- upcoming laws, regulations, and innovative employer practices.  Also available in print, see: Cornell University Library Holdings. Published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. 

BNA: Labor and Employment Law Library

http://laborandemploymentlaw.bna.com

ILR School community only

Available on Catherwood Reference workstations; includes: Significant decisions and reports of arbitrators and agencies beginning September 1979 (volumes 73 to current); Classification of all headnotes written to accompany cases; Arbitration decisions by contract term; and a Directory of arbitrators.

BNA: Labor Relations Week

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/LRW.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument&login=1

ILR School community only

Searchable newsletter follows major labor relations issues and key labor law developments in a weekly format.

BNA: LaborPlus

http://www.bnalaborplus.com/LBPW/default.aspx

ILR School community only

Click on "Subscriber Login."  Ignore indications that you have to pay for search results. It is free to ILR/Catherwood Library patrons.  Provides access to labor databases maintained by BNA PLUS, including: NLRB Elections; Work Stoppages; ULP Charges; Contract Listings; Settlement Summaries. 

BNA: Occupational Safety & Health Reporter (online)

http://ippubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/OSH.NSF

ILR School community only

Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., vol. 25, no. 35 (Feb. 7, 1996)-

This weekly newsletter reports on the latest developments in federal and state occupational safety and health programs, standards, legislation, regulations, enforcement, court and agency decisions and significant activities of safety and health organizations.  Back issues up to 1996 can be searched via indexes or full text searching.

BNA: Union Labor Report Newsletter

http://news.bna.com/ulln/

ILR School community only

Database includes timely updates on significant legal, legislative, and regulatory developments affecting the workplace, as well as useful insights on union organizing, representation, and administration.

Find print issues at ILR Reference HD6490.S5 U58.

BNA: Workplace Law Report

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/WHL.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument&login=1

ILR School community only

Provides weekly coverage of key federal and state court rulings under employment and labor laws, plus information on regulatory actions and administrative rulings. 

CCH: IntelliConnect

http://intelliconnect.cch.com

Cornell University community only

This is a searchable database of forms, articles, tables, and laws pertaining to human resources, labor and employment law, payroll, pensions and benefits, employee safety, workers' compensation, health law, food and drug regulations, unemployment, social security, intellectual property.  Also includes treatises, guidebooks, and practice tools. NOTE:  Internet Explorer is the preferred web browser for this database.

China Laws for Foreign Business

http://prod.resource.cch.com/resource/scion/toc/atlas-csh/(WKUS_TAL_10129)745C41ADE3453EE30F4A99CF:WKUS-TAL-DOCS-PHC-%7B8725B6DF-E8C9-4C11-9C19-441FA4E11656%7D

ILR School community only

This resource is part of the CCH IntelliConnect system.  Click on the highlighted link in the "Browse" section to access the resource.  China Laws for Foreign Business offers a comprehensive bilingual collection of key business laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China, including employment and labor law. The service also includes the PRC Briefing newsletter, which includes human resources news.

ERI - Economic Research Institute's Platform Library

http://www.erieri.com/

ILR School community only

Restricted access to loaded software from ILR Library Reference workstation (Ref Desk 02); ask at ILR Reference Desk for assistance. 

The ERI PLAFORM LIBRARY contains the following kinds of information:

• The Geographic Assessor® (ERIGA) Software and Databases - Calculate wage and salary differentials for over 7,400 U.S. and Canadian cities; provide Immigration Analyses for immigration application purposes.
• The Relocation Assessor® (ERIRA) Software and Databases - Provide unlimited numbers of relocation reports/analyses of cost-of-living between any of 8,800 cities worldwide.
• The Salary Assessor® (ERISA) Software and Databases - Report average salary and range data with job descriptions for more than 5,000 position titles; profile benchmark listings for positions in 2,000 industries.
• The Executive Compensation Assessor (ERIXA) Software and Databases - Total compensation analyses for more than 320 top management position titles as defined from over 8,000 companies per year (proxy and 10-K analyses), analyzed by organization size, geographic location and industry.  When used with ERI's Platform Library, one may review actual proxy Summary Compensation Tables.
• The Geographic Reference Report -  A hardcopy composite summary of Assessor Series databases (as described above).  Salaries for 88 benchmark jobs, COL & salary structures, and demographic data. 
• The International Reference Report Issues related to operating a branch office in 345 major metropolitan areas in 210 countries, including national wages for a minimum of 24 positions, 16 U.S. expatriate jobs, dozens of COL analyses, and other demographic information.

West HR Advisor

https://advisor.west.thomson.com/login

Catherwood Library only

Catherwood Library only.  Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.

This online service provides comprehensive content on Human Resources. It offers answers to the range of issues that arise in employer-employee relationships, from state regulations to fair employment practices. The service includes practical "take action" solutions, model policies, tips, strategies, and up-to-date information to reinforce present policies and procedures. In addition to authoritative content from West's HR Series and other treatises, it also includes current event information through news articles and two journals written specifically for HR professionals, and access to selected state and federal Westlaw primary law databases.

Labor Database

Cornell University Library Holdings

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=labor+database&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50&HIST=1

Catherwood Library only

FAST-RAA, Research Associates of America (formerly the Food & Allied Service Trade Department) (editors). Washington, D.C: Food & Service Allied Trades Dept., AFL-CIO, -2008

CD-Rom available on computers in the Reference Workroom. 
This database is an excellent source for hard to retrieve, but publicly available statistics about American unions: including information on NLRB certification and decertification elections and petitions; employer-union relationships from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service's "Notices of Bargaining;" membership and finances of labor unions from the Office of Labor Management Standards; unfair labor practice charges from the National Labor Relations Board; union avoidance consultants from the Office of Labor Management Standards.  The Labor Database also contains data on employment discrimination, worker displacements due to globalization, and wage and hour compliance.

Leadership Library on the Internet (Yellow Book Directories)

http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4100558

ILR School community only

Includes 14 Leadership Directories yellow books, of which five are published quarterly: Congressional yellow book, Federal yellow book, State yellow book, Corporate yellow book, and News media yellow book; and nine are published semiannually: Municipal yellow book, Federal regional yellow book, Judicial yellow book, Financial yellow book, Associations yellow book, Law firms yellow book, Government affairs yellow book, Foreign representatives in the U.S. yellow book, and Nonprofit sector yellow book. This site allows searching and browsing within individual directories or across all 14 directories using single or multiple criteria, such as name, job title, industry, and geographical location.

Mid-Sized Firms (Plunkett's)

Cornell University Library Holdings

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=Plunkett%27s%20Companion%20Almanac%20American%20Employers&Search%5FCode=FT%2A&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=y2dIdDBAn_Mjx7jLjYyUocnzNVnUZ&SEQ=20080930135413&SID=7

Catherwood Library only

Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. 

Plunkett's Companion to the Almanac of American Employers: Mid-size Firms focuses on mid-size firms, from 300 to 2,500 employees, and provides comparisons of growth, treatment of employees, salaries, benefits, pension plans, profit sharing, and more.  CD-ROM only.

Negotech

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/search/negotech/search-eng.shtml

Negotech is a Canadian government-produced labour relations database with a search and retrieval component providing: Access to full collective agreement contract language and settlement reports containing the highlights of important benefit changes including wage adjustments.

Plunkett's Almanac of American Employers

Cornell University Library Holdings

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search%5FArg=plunkett%27s%20almanac%20of%20american%20employers&Search%5FCode=FT%2A&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=oM7E7ZXmZx1A4WLETboXaCh3TKK2Z&SEQ=20080930135550&SID=8

Catherwood Library only

Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. 

Covers major trends affecting job seekers and seven keys for job seekers, along with a complete database of top employers with business descriptions and up to 27 executives by name and title.  In addition, there are indexes by career type, locations, industry, and more.  Only available on Reference Workstation 28.

Almanac of American Employers

Cornell University Library Holdings

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=Almanac+of+American+Employers&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50

ILR Reference HF5382.75.U6 P486
Also available on CD-ROM.  Ask at the Reference Desk.
Plunkett Research, Ltd

Company profiles, including number of women and minority employees, benefits, competitive advantage; Sometimes identifies unique policies.

Public Employment Law on the Web

http://www.pubemplaw.com/PERS/splash.jsp

Catherwood Library only

Included in this service is ADA Law on the Web, a source for online access to the full-text of federal, state, and local disability compliance and discrimination cases  involving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other related laws, dating back to 1990.  Also included are full text of disability-related statutes and regulations.

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/Diversity/Pages/default.aspx

The website of this major U.S. association for HR practitioners provides a wealth of information for its members and for the public. For assistance with username and password, stop by the Reference Desk.

SOCRATES (Corporate Social Ratings Monitor)

http://legacysocrates.kld.com

ILR School community only

SOCRATES (published by KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.) has in-depth profiles on over 3000 US corporations, including every company on the Standard & Poor's®, Russell 3000®, and KLD's Domini 400 SocialSM Index.  The profiles have narrative coverage of issues related to community, diversity, employee relations, environment, non-US operations, products, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, nuclear power and military contracting. The profiles also have social ratings evaluating each company's strengths and concerns.   SOCRATES provides data on the involvement of corporations in areas such as: military contracting, charitable contributions, women and minority directors and managers, union representation, superfund or hazardous waste sites. AND MORE....