September 16, 2008
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OALJ Law Library - Links to Legal Research Resources
This page contains links to non-commercial legal research sources found on the World Wide Web.
The links were all verified as of June 5, 2007.
Notice: Many of the links on this page are to sources outside of the Department of Labor, Office of
Administrative Law Judges' web site. The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no
responsibility for, and exercises no control over non-DOL organizations or the content of their
web sites. Further, the Department of Labor does not vouch for the accuracy of the information
contained on the destination server.
SOURCES OF FEDERAL CASELAW, STATUTES, AND
REGULATIONS
Congressional Record, Federal
Register, United States Code, Code of Federal Regulations, etc.
GPO Access Databases (Bills, Congressional Record,
Federal Register, GAO Reports, Public Laws, US Code (1994), and much more)
The Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Law Judges is the "trial
court" for many of the Department's programs involving matters such as Black Lung Act
benefits, Longshore Workers' Compensation, immigration-related alien labor certifications and
enforcement actions, nuclear and environmental whistleblower cases, Fair Labor Standards Act
enforcement actions, and OFCCP civil rights actions. Most administrative appeals from ALJ
decisions go to either the Benefits
Review Board (BRB), which handles appeals of Black Lung benefits and Longshore
workers' compensation cases, or the Administrative Review
Board (ARB), which handles appeals of most "Traditional" cases. ARB
decisions may be accessed on this web site. The DOL Office of the
Solicitor represents the Department of Labor in many proceedings before OALJ.
OALJ is NOT affiliated with the Occupational Safety
and
Health Review Commission (OSHRC), which is an independent Federal agency
created to
decide contests of citations or penalties resulting from OSHA inspections of American work
places; the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission, which is an independent adjudicative agency that provides administrative
trial
and appellate review of legal disputes arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health
Amendments Act; the National Labor Relations
Board
(NLRB), which is an independent Federal agency created to enforce the National Labor
Relations Act; or the Employees'
Compensation Appeals Board(ECAB), which was created to hear and make final
appellate
decisions on claims of federal employees arising under the Federal Employees' Compensation
Act (FECA).
For information about other agencies that may be able to answer questions about
labor-related
questions, see the Frequently Asked Questions page on this
web site, and the Office of Small Business Program's Small Business Compliance
Assistance Page (scroll down to contact list).