Research Guides: Labor & Employment Law Research: PRIMARY SOURCES

Federal & State Labor & Employment Statutes/Codes

United States Code (Office of the Law Revision Counsel)
Most federal labor and employment statutes can be found in Title 29 of the U.S. Code. This open access version is published by the OLRC (U.S. House of Representatives). The U.S. Code is widely available on most major legal research platforms (HeinOnline, Bloomberg Law, Fastcase, Lexis, VitalLaw and Westlaw).
State Labor Law (Legal Information Institute)
The Legal Information Institute provides a list of links to open access sources for state labor and employment laws. These laws are also available on most major legal research platforms (Bloomberg Law, Fastcase, Lexis, VitalLaw, Westlaw)
Minnesota Labor & Employment Laws
Most Minnesota state laws related to labor and employment can be found in Chapters 175 -186 of the Minnesota Statutes.

Agency Regulations

Many federal regulations can be found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Primary KF70.A34 I53x).

State regulations are compiled in the administrative code for each state.

The current regulations promulgated by Minnesota agencies are found in the Minnesota Rules (Primary KFM5434.5 .M56x).

For more information about researching federal agency regulations, see the Federal Administrative Law Research Guide below.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
govinfo version. The The CFR on govinfo is current with the published print version of the CFR.
Minnesota Rules
Office of the Revisor of Statutes website includes the current rules and an archive of earlier rules back to 1982 MCAR reprint. The Minnesota Rules are also available online from Bloomberg Law; Lexis Advance; Westlaw and WestlawNext Campus Research.

Federal Administrative Law Research Guide
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Cases

While many federal and state cases on employment and labor law can be found in general case reporters, it is most efficient to use topical reporters. The University of Minnesota Law Library has several related to labor and employment law:

Americans with Disabilities Cases. Looseleaf Services KF3364 .L326x
Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board. Looseleaf Services KF3372.A55 U54
Individual Employment Rights Cases. Looseleaf Services KF3364 .L327x
Fair Employment Practice Cases. Looseleaf Services KF3464 .A514
Labor Arbitration Awards. Looseleaf Services KF3421.5 .L323
Labor Arbitration Reports. Looseleaf Services KF3421.A2 L32
Labor Cases. Looseleaf Services KF3310.A22 L33
Employment Practices Decisions. Looseleaf Services KF3464.A6 C64
Labor Relations Reference Manual. Looseleaf Services KF3364 .L33
Wage and Hour Cases. Looseleaf Services KF3310.A2 W34