Quick Guide to the Labor Relations Reporter

The Labor Relations Reporter is a comprehensive information resource for labor law and labor relations, including arbitration reports, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and court case opinions, state and federal statutes and regulations, and related information. Each binder in this service is kept up to date, weekly, with looseleaf page inserts.

Call number: KF3369.A1L29 Business Library Reference Collection, 3rd Floor Paterno Library

Online version of much of the BNA Labor Relations Reporter is available in the BNA Labor and Employment Law Library available on the Libraries' Databases by Title (A-Z List)

Overview of the Binders

LRX Labor Relations Expediter (two binders)	Editorial explanation of current labor law, organized into topical chapters Summary of current term U.S. Supreme Court rulings relating to labor relations, with table of cases Full text of federal labor law and regulations
*Master Index* (two binders)	General Index with references to materials published in looseleaf volumes (below), including numerical classifications, text of laws and regulations, and topical editorial information Tables of Cases referenced or published, full text, in looseleaf manuals Outline of Classifications Cumulative Digest and Index Statute Coordination Tables

General Labor Relations

Volume 1 Analysis/News and Background Information	Reports current developments in labor relations, including non-decisional news
Volume 2 Labor Management Relations: Decisions of Boards and Courts (two binders)	Full text of the current year's National Labor Relations Board decisions and court opinions Replaced each year by bound volumes: Labor Relations Reference Manual (KF3369. A1L3, Business Library Reference Collection, 3rd Floor Paterno Library)
Volume 3 Labor Arbitration and Dispute Settlements	Full text of significant dispute settlement decisions and reports Non-decisional materials, such as guidelines for arbitrators and directories or organizations Replaced each year by bound volumes: Labor Arbitration Reports (Call number: KF3369.A1L33, Business Library Reference Collection, 3rd Floor Paterno Library)
Volume 4 State Labor Laws (two binders)	Full text of state labor laws, arranged alphabetically by state

Wages and Hours
Wages and hours laws relating to public contracts

Volume 5 Cases	Full text of significant court and agency rulings on state and federal laws Replaced each year by bound volumes: Wage and Hour Cases (Call number: KF3369.A1L34, Business Library Reference Collection, 3rd Floor Paterno Library)
Volume 6 Manual (two binders)	Full text of wages and hours statutes and regulations Editorial summary of court and agency rulings

Fair Employment Practices
Discrimination, equal pay, sexual harassment, affirmative action, etc.

Volume 7 Cases	Full text of federal and state court and agency rulings Replaced each year by bound volumes Fair Employment Practice Cases (Call number: KF3369.A1L35, Business Library Reference, 3rd Floor Paterno)
Volume 8 Manual (three binders)	Full text of federal and state fair employment practices statutes Editorial discussion of court and agency rulings and EEOC

Individual Employment Rights
Privacy, employment at will, covenants not to compete, polygraphs, drug testing, etc.

Volume 9 Cases	Full text of federal and state court and agency rulings Replaced each year by bound volumes: Individual Employment Rights Cases (Call number: KF3369.A1L292, Business Library Reference Collection, 3rd Floor Paterno Library)
Volume 9A Manual	Full text federal and state laws on individual employment rights Status reports on proposed legislation

Americans with Disabilities

Volume 10
Cases

Full text of court and agency rulings regarding discrimination based on disability
Replaced each year by bound volumes Americans with Disabilities Cases (Call number: KF3369.A1L2928, Business Library Reference Collection, 3rd Floor Paterno Library)

Common Abbreviations
(All locations: Business Library Reference Collection, 3rd Floor Paterno Library, except as otherwise noted).

Abbreviation	Title	Location	Beginning Year	Current Year in
AD Cases	Americans with Disabilities Cases	Call number: KF3369.A1L2928	1993 - to the present	LRR, vol. 10
FEP Cases	Fair Employment Practice Cases	Call number: KF3369.A1L35	1969 - to the present	LRR, vol. 7
FEPM	Fair Employment Practice Manual		current information only	LRR, vol. 8
IER Cases	Individual Employment Rights Cases	Call number: KF3369.A1L292	1987 - to the present	LRR, vol. 9
IERM	Individual Employment Rights Manual		current information only	LRR vol. 9A
LA	Labor Arbitration Reports	Call number: KF3369.A1L33	1946 - to the present	LRR, vol.3
LRRM	Labor Relations Reference Manual	Call number: KF3369.A1L3	1937 - to the present	LRR, vol. 2
LRR	Labor Relations Reporter	Call number: KF3369.A1L29	current year only	LRR vol. 1
LRX	Labor Relations Expediter		current information only	LRR binders marked "LRX
NLRB	Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board	Call number: KF3372.A554 3rd Floor Paterno Library Stacks	1935 - to the present
SLL	State Labor Laws		current information only	LRR vol. 4
ULR	Union Labor Report	Call number: KF3386.5.U54	current information only
WH Cases	Wage and Hour Cases	Call number: KF3369.A1L34	1942 - to the present	LRR, vol. 5
WHM	Wage and Hour Manual		current information only	LRR, vol. 6
YB	Labor Relations Yearbook	Call number: KF3369.A1l32	1965 - 1984	none

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Quick Guide to the Labor Relations Reporter