Reference

N.C. Industrial Commission webmaster Robert W. McDowell last updated this select list of reference sites on 1 September 2009. Please e-mail any comments and suggestions for additional sites to:

Robert.McDowell@ic.nc.gov/

Reference pages typically contain many usable hypertext links.

• AAOS On-Line Service Home Page—http://www.aaos.org/
  Links to the home page of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons cover many Workers’ Compensation topics.

• Chicago-Kent: Computer Law Internet Resources—http://www.kentlaw.edu/lawlinks/computer.html
  This collection of links is maintained by the Chicago-Kent Computer Law Association.

• Duke Occupational & Environmental Medicine—http://152.3.65.120/oem/default.htm
  Duke University maintains this “World Wide Web Home for the Occ-Env-Med-L Mail-list and for the Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics (A.O.E.C.)”

• ErgoWeb—The place for ergonomics—http://tucker.mech.utah.edu/
  Funded by the American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA), ErgoWeb is “an information delivery system containing ergonomics standards and guidelines, background information, job review and analysis tools and checklists, biomechanical analysis tools, case studies, and a wealth of other ergonomics resources.”

• Fitting the Job to the Worker—http://tucker.mech.utah.edu/Pub/Info/Std/fjw.html
  The pages contains an online version of Fitting the Job to the Worker: An Ergonomics Program Guideline, published by the State of Washington Department of Labor.

• Free Online Legal Research from LexisNexis—http://www.lexisweb.com/
  At this web site, LexisNexis offers free online legal research.
    
• Insurance Net Internet Directory—http://insurancenet.com/insurance_link/Home.html
  This page contains a treasure trove of links to insurance industry resources on the Internet.

• ILR School Home Page—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/
  “The purpose of this WWW Server is to provide information about the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and its library, and to disseminate information on all aspects of employer-employee relations and workplace issues.”
  • ILR Virtual Library Subject Index—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/index.html
    The Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ Virtual Library is a reference to internet sites of special interest to industrial and labor relations practitioners, scholars, and students.
    • Behavior at Work
      Psychology; sociology; communication

    • Compensation and Fringe Benefits—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Compensation.html
      Compensation management, policies and theories; wage and wage systems; enterprise, government and labor union benefit plans

    • Current Contracts—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/CurrentContracts.html
      Formulation of specific bargaining goals; negotiations in progress between specific companies and unions; strikes over contracts; collective agreements reached and evaluated

    • Economics and Business—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Economics.html
      Enterprise, government and labor union policies; economic conditions; cost of living; industrialization; productivity statistics

    • Education and Training—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Education.html
      Enterprise, government and labor union programs; scholarships; vocational rehabilitation; presentations; conventions; meetings

    • Employee Representation—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Employee.html
      Labor union organizing activities; unionization and representation elections; labor union jurisdictions; labor union memberships statistics and trends

    • Foundations—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Foundations.html
      Nonprofit, philanthropic, and other organizations

    • Government Policies, Actions, and Information—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Government.html
      Enterprise-government-labor union cooperation; appointments to government offices

    • Human Resource Management—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/HumanResource.html
      Employment procedures; absenteeism; employment discrimination and fair employment practices; office procedures; retirement policies; placement; performance appraisal

    • Industrial Engineering—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Engineering.html
      Data processing technology; human factors engineering; time and motion studies; production standards; work measurement; data security; manufacturing technology; technology transfer; technological development

    • International Relations and Governments—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/International.html

    • Labor and Industrial History—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/LaborHistory.html
      Development and evolution of workers’ movements and labor unions; labor union structure, legal status; industrial development

    • Labor Force and Labor Market—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/LaborForce.html
      Enterprise, government and labor union manpower policies; employment and unemployment; labor force statistics

    • Labor- Management Relations—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/LaborManagement.html
      Industrial relations; labor-management cooperation; participative management; anti- unionism

    • Labor Unions and Employee Organizations—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/LaborUnions.html
      National and international activities, conventions, executive board meetings, elections, mergers, financial statements, appointments

    • Laws and Legislation—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Laws.html
      Provisions of and testimony at hearings regarding city, state and federal laws and regulations; implementation of law is placed in section appropriate to subject of legislation

    • Litigation
      Legal decisions of courts, National Labor Relations Board and government regulatory agencies

    • Management Science—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Management.html
      Management techniques and theories; organization structure; enterprise ethics and social responsibility

    • Negotiation Process and Dispute Settlement
      Collective bargaining theory and statistics; labor disputes; strikes over grievances; arbitration, mediation, grievance procedures

    • Occupations—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Occupations.html
      Description, requirements and duties; occupational choice and career development; job hunting; occupational issues such as certification, professionalism, ethics

    • Research Institutes and Academic Programs—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/ResearchInstitutes.html

    • Safety and Health—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Safety.html
      Enterprise, government and labor union programs; government safety and health standards; hazardous substances and occupations; accident, sickness and mortality statistics; industrial and transportation security

    • Socioeconomic, Political, and Ethical Issues—http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/vlib/Socioeconomic.html
      Position of enterprise, labor unions and professional groups; enterprise and labor union community activities; ethical issues and behavior in society

• Juris.com Online Service Home Page—http://www.juris.com/
  “Juris.com is the Internet’s online home for the legal, insurance, forensic and related professions. The full juris.com system can be accessed FREE by telnet to juris.com, or by dial up service in most major cities in the U.S. For modem information dial (805) 495-9911, and login. This juris.com webserver maintains links to law related resources throughout webspace.”

• The Legal List—http://www.lcp.com/The-Legal-List/TLL-home.html
  “The Legal List is the short name of the book The Legal List, Fall 1995 Internet Desk Reference, Law-Related Resources on the Internet and Elsewhere. First published in 1992--and now in its seventh edition--The Legal List is a consolidated guide to all of the law-related resources available on (and off) the Internet. As of spring 1995, The Legal List is being published exclusively by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing.

  “In addition to being available as a paper-based product, The Legal List is available as an ASCII text-only file. The ASCII text-only file can be retrieved via e-mail (from LCP’s List Server) and via anonymous FTP (from LCP’s anonymous FTP Server). It is also available on Usenet--see the FAQ for details. Also, The Legal List is available as a compilation of HTML files via LCP’s WWW Server.”

  • Search The Legal List.

  • Browse The Legal List HTML via a clickable Summary of Contents.

  • Get The Legal List ASCII via LCP’s FTP server.

  • Submit information for inclusion in The Legal List.

  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file for The Legal List.

• LOIS Law Library—http://www.pita.com/
  The home page of Law Office Information Systems, Inc. offers many valuable services to members and visitors, including the LOIS Law Library--Legal Links section of useful hypertext links to state and federal sites, law locators, legal search engines, people and business finders, and legal and business news.

• RISKWeb—The RISKNet WWW Server—http://www.riskweb.com/
  “RISKWeb is provided as an ancillary service of the RISKNet mailing list by its moderator, James R. Garven, Ph.D. RISKNet is an Internet mailing list thatallows persons around the world to hold a ’no holds barred’ discussion of Risk and Insurance issues.”

• Selected Internet Resources in Employment Law and Policy—http://lawlib.slu.edu/centers/emplaw/emplnk.htm
  The Saint Louis University School of Law compiled this useful list of hypertext links.

• Workers’ Compensation Law Materials—http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/workers_compensation.html
  The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School prepared this reference page.
  • U.S. Supreme Court: Recent Worker’s Compensation Decisions—http://www.law.cornell.edu/syllabi?workers+and+compensation
    This search result of U.S. Supreme Court syllabi includes the syllabus and opinion, plus concurrence(s) and dissent(s) (if any). This page includes a searchable index.

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