Legislative Issues & Employment Law
Please contact your legislators now.
Introduce Yourself, thank them for doing a good job and offer help with issues concerning employment counseling. The American Counseling Association has a Legislative Advocacy Page to make it easy for you. They do research on important counseling issues, write letters which you can edit and find your legislators e-mail addresses for you.
Legislative Action is directly related to what elected officials perceive as the will of those who vote. In this free society it is easy to find out how these individuals voted. And over the internet, it is easy to give our elected officials our opinions on what they are doing. We will provide information on Legislation that is important to the practice of Professional Employment Counseling. Feel free to E-Mail Us if you have any concerns.
One of the traits that separates Employment counselors from other types of Counselors is our understanding of employment law and our commitment to protect the employment rights of the public. Indeed, it has been argued that if we are going to call ourselves professional, we have an obligation to ensure, that at least our clients, receive the services the legislature has deemed important enough to bring into law.
The purpose of our legislative page is to provide you with information, links and resources that are concerned with employment law.
Links for Research
- American Counseling Association Government Relations Page
- American Public Human Services Association, formerly the American Public Welfare Association.
- Association for Career and Technical Education Legislative Page formerly the American Vocational Association
- Child Welfare Review, an electronic Journal of article on issues related to the well being of children.
- E-Laws, employment laws assistance for workers and small businesses.
- FEDWORLD...a US Government Search Engine.
- IAWP...International Association of Workforce Professionals
- Law Library of Congress
- Library of Congress..provides Legislative Information Available on the Internet.
- The National Governors' Association provides direct access to information on Governors and shares ideas of the states by electronic means. NGA is a bipartisan organization with lots of information on state innovations and practices.
- Online Lawyer Source - Provides legal information in family law including divorce, alimony, custody, child support, adoption, pre-nuptial agreements, family contracts related to property, etc. Find a lawyer near you. Free consultation.
- US DOL Employment Laws Assistance..includes a list of major laws administered by the US DOL.
- US DHHS Administration for Children & Families
- US Government Printing Office
- US House of Representatives
- US Senate
- US DOL Employment & Training
- US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...enforces federal civil rights employment laws. Provides educational & technical assistance.
- US National Labor Relations Board... investigates & remedies unfair labor practices by employers and unions.
- Labor Relations Board...Locate Field Offices
- US Office of Personnel Management WELFARE-TO-WORK
- Welfare Information Network
- Welfare to Work Partnership
- Welfare to Work Tax Credits
- Center for Workforce Excellence...White Papers.