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National Business and Disability Council
The NBDC is an employer organization offering resources for disability best practices.
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign is a civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans.
ADA National Networks Projects
Resources on the Americans with Disabilites Act (ADA).
State Labor and Employment Issues
From the NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures)
DiversityCentral
An archive of articles and statistics on all kinds of all kinds of diversity and cultural information.

Business Source Complete
Search over 3,000 business magazines and trade journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
Emerald Insight
Search this database of over 130 journals in the fields of management, HR, marketing, operations and training.
ABI/INFORM Global
Find articles from scholarly journals, trade journals and magazines in all areas of business and management.
Conference Board
An independent research organization that provides economic analysis of the U.S. economy, surveys of Fortune 500 companies, case studies, and research on management issues such as training, HR, compensation and corporate governance.
Legal Source
Search over 1,200 full-text journals in the discipline of law and related legal topics including human resource law.
SSRN (Social Science Research Network)
A repository of social science research containing abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming articles and a collection of over 100,000 downloadable full text documents.

Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity: 2018
Annual report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
EEOC Statistics
Employment data for minorities and women in public and private employment. Reports and statistics on EEOC enforcement and litigation.
Disability - U.S. Census Data
The Census offers publications, working papers, tables with historical data and visualizations.

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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal employment discrimination laws. Employment discrimination covers race, color, religion, sex , national origin, age, disability and genetic information. The laws apply to all types of work situations, including hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages, and benefits.
EEOC - Discrimination by Type
Start here to learn about the various forms of discrimination and find fact sheets, statistics, and employee best practices.
Laws Enforced by EEOC
The EEOC provides links to the Federal laws on discrimination.
EEOC Regulations
Find current regulations with links to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
The Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law
Articles on issues in equal employment opportunity law, as well as summaries of recent Commission decisions and federal court cases.

govinfo
Govinfo provides digital access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Search or browse A to Z, Category, Date,
Congressional Committee, and Government author.

USA.gov
USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state, and local government web resources and services.
A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
Alphabetical list of U.S. government agencies with links to the website and contact information (phone and email).
Regulations.Gov
Proposed regulations and related documents published by over 160 U.S. Federal government departments and agencies.You can search, view, and comment on the proposals.