Links Under...
Employment
Earned Income Tax Credit (Online Form)
Easy online forms for filing federal income tax returns and receiving funds through
the Earned Income Tax Credit program. Eligibility limited to low-income workers;
eligibility made clear on the site.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Founded in 1982, TLPJ utilizes a nationwide network of more than 2,700 outstanding
trial lawyers to pursue precedent-setting and socially significant litigation. It has a
wide-ranging litigation docket in the areas of consumer rights, environmental protection,
toxic torts, worker safety, civil rights and liberties, and access to the courts.
DOL Employment and Training Administration
The Employment and Training Administration seeks to build up the labor market through
the training of the workforce and the placement of workers in jobs through employment
services.
Department of Labor
Covers employment, unemployment compensation, Workforce Investment Act, workplace
safety and discrimination issues.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Enforces employment discrimination laws.
National Employment Lawyers Association
The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) was founded in 1985 to provide
assistance and support to lawyers in protecting the rights of employees against the
greater resources of their employers and the defense bar.
National Immigration Law Center
The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a national support center whose mission
is to protect and promote the rights of low income immigrants and their family members.
NILC staff specialize in immigration law, and the employment and public benefits rights
of immigrants.
National Labor Relations Board
Enforces National Labor Relations Act. Conducts secret-ballot elections to determine
whether employees want union representation and investigates and remedies unfair labor
practices by employers and unions.
National Senior Citizens Law Center
The National Senior Citizens Law Center advocates nationwide to promote the
independence and well-being of low-income elderly individuals, as well as persons with
disabilities, with particular emphasis on women and racial and ethnic minorities.
As a national support center, NSCLC advocates through litigation, legislative and agency
representation and assistance to attorneys and paralegals in field programs.
Legal Momentum (Formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund)
Legal Momentum, formerly the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, pursues equality
for women and girls in the workplace, the schools, the family and the courts, through
litigation, education, and public information programs.
National Employment Law Project
NELP has advocated on behalf of the working poor, the unemployed, and other groups that face significant barriers to employment and government systems of support. Good issue papers on employment, unemployment compensation, welfare and low-wage workforce, etc.