Resources
Workplace Fairness
Collected information about protections for workers across the country
www.workplacefairness.org
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Federal law enforcement agency for issues involving employment discrimination, retaliation, federal equal pay www.eeoc.gov
Missouri Commission on Human Rights
Missouri state agency investigating claims of discrimination, retaliation, pay under state laws
www.dolir.mo.gov/hr
Illinois Department of Human Rights
Illinois state agency investigating claims of discrimination, retaliation, pay under state laws
www.state.il.us/dhr
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (federal agency enforcing workplace safety
and some whistleblower protections), www.osha.gov
Fair Labor Standards Act
Administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, covering many issues such as minimum wage, overtime compensation, prevailing wage issues and younger worker protections, www.dol.gov/whd
Family and Medical Leave Act
Administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, covering certain employees for up to 12 weeks
of unpaid leave to care for themselves and immediate family members.
www.dol.gov/whd/fmla
Whistleblower websites
www.whistleblowers.org
www.osha.gov/dep/oia/whistleblower
www.ago.mo.gov
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Collected information about employment issues affecting the disabled
www.dredf.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness
www.nami.org
www.namistl.org
www.il.nami.org
American Diabetes Association
Job Accommodation Network
information about finding effective job accommodations for persons with disabilities
www.jan.wvu.edu
Women Are Getting Even
information about the gender gap in pay
www.wageproject.org
National Wage and Hour Clearinghouse
Hosted by the National Employment Law Project, seeks to support and create efforts of workers, unions, community groups and others to protect minimum wage and overtime rights
www.just-pay.org
Court websites
www.courts.mo.gov
supct.law.cornell.edu/supct
www.ca8.uscourts.gov