Advocacy Organizations
Center for Responsible Lending
http://www.responsiblelending.org
Consumer Action
http://consumer-action.org
Consumer Attorneys of California
http://www.caoc.org
Consumer Federation of America
http://www.consumerfed.org
Consumer Federation of California
http://www.consumerfedofca.org
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
http://www.tlpj.org
National Association of Consumer Advocates
http://www.naca.net
The National Consumer Law Center
http://www.nclc.org
Public Citizen:
http://www.citizen.com
Consumer Government Agencies
Federal Trade Commision
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
California Dept. of Consumer Affairs
http://www.dca.ca.gov/r_r/r_rother.htm
Courts
California Superior Courts
- Alameda County Superior Court
http://www.alameda.courts.ca.gov/courts/
- San Francisco Superior Court
http://www.sfgov.org/site/courts_index.asp
- Marin County Superior Court
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/courts/
- Contra Costa County Superior Court
http://www.cc-courts.org/
- Santa Clara County Superior Court
http://www.sccsuperiorcourt.org/
California Appellate Courts - Case searchable site
http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/
California Courts - General Information about Superior and Appellate Courts
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/
Employment Resources
Below are links to governmental agencies whose websites can provide specific
information on laws and regulations governing employment. Click on the name
to link to their websites.
California Employment Development Department
http://www.edd.cahwnet.gov/eddhome.htm
Information on filing an Unemployment Insurance or Disability Insurance
claim, an online job and résumé bank (CalJOBS), which boasts thousands of
job openings and the largest pool of candidates in the state, Labor market
tools designed to help you make educated decisions.
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)
http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/
California state agency charged with protecting the people of California
from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, and public
accommodations, as well as from the perpetration of acts of hate violence.
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
http://www.eeoc.gov/
Federal agency charged with enforcing federal laws requiring equal
opportunity and prohibiting discrimination in employment.
National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/home/default.asp
The NLRB is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the
National Labor Relations Act. It investigates unfair labor practices by
employers and unions.
California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (Labor Commissioner)
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/dlse.html
The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement provides a wide variety of
services to the public, from wage claim adjudication and discrimination
complaint investigations to enforcement of California's labor laws and
Industrial Welfare Commission orders.
California Division of Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/WorkersPage.htm
Cal/OSHA was created by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 to
enforce effective standards, assist and encourage employers to maintain safe
and healthful working conditions, and to provide for enforcement, research,
information, education and training in the field of occupational safety and
health.
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/
The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is to
prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers by enforcing
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
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