Law Offices of Nicolas C. Vrataric

Resources

Accommodation
ADA American Disabilities Act Homepage
http://www.ada.gov/

Arbitration
American Arbitration Association
http://www.adr.org/about

Benefits
Benefits Check Up – from National Council on Aging
http://www.benefitscheckup.org/

California Employment Development Department
http://www.edd.ca.gov/

California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
http://www.cuiab.ca.gov/index.shtm

California Worker’s Compensation
http://www.dir.ca.gov/DWC/dwc_home_page.htm

Government Benefits
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portalHealth Insurance Info.net

Seguro Social en Espanol
http://www.ssa.gov/espanol/

Social Security Office Locator
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/FOLO/fo001.jsp

Social Security
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/org/

SSA Information for the Self-Employed
http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/selfemployed.htm

SSA Disability – Qualify and Apply
http://www.ssa.gov/d&s1.htm

Consumer Advocacy
American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/

Better Business Bureau (U.S.)
http://www.bbb.org/us/

Better Business Bureau (Santa Barbara and Ventura)
http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/Home.aspx

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/

Public Citizen
http://www.citizen.org/

Courts
California Courts
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/

California Supreme Court
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/

Los Angeles County Superior Court
http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/

Santa Barbara Superior Court
http://www.sbcourts.org/index.asp

Ventura County Superior Court
http://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/

Discrimination
ADA American Disabilities Act
http://www.ada.gov/

California Attorney General Civil Rights Division
http://ag.ca.gov/civil.php

California Department of Fair Employment & Housing
http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

The Cancer Legal Resource Center
http://www.cancerlegalresourcecenter.org/

Disability Rights Legal Center
http://disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/

Equal Rights Advocates
http://www.equalrights.org/

Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org/
information on the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexuals, and transgender workers

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/secsites.php

Employment Information
California Department of Industrial Relations
http://www.dir.ca.gov/

California Family Rights Act
http://www.dpa.ca.gov/benefits/health/workcomp/pubs/Disability/page7.shtm

California Labor Code
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=lab&codebody

Family & Medical Leave Act
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/index.htm

National Employment Law Project
http://www.nelp.org/

U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act Advisor
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/flsa.htm

U.S. Department of Labor – Employee Rights
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/disability/employeerights.htm

Workplace Fairness
http://www.workplacefairness.org/

Military
Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve
http://www.esgr.org/

Sexual Harassment
Advancing Women
http://www.advancingwomen.com/

American Association of University Women
http://www.aauw.org/

Black Women in Sisterhood for Action
http://www.bisa-hq.org/

Careerwomen.com
http://www.careerwomen.com/

Equal Rights Advocates
http://www.equalrights.org/

Feminist Majority Foundation
http://www.feminist.org/

Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org/
information on the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexuals, and transgender workers

Ms. Foundation for Women
http://www.ms.foundation.org/

National Council of Women’s Organizations
http://www.womensorganizations.org/

National Organization for Women
http://www.now.org/

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fun
http://www.legalmomentum.org/

Women Against Sexual Harassment
http://www.washrag.org/

Diversity Working.com Job board
http://www.diversityworking.com/

9to5, National Association of Working Women
http://www.feminist.com/9to5.htm/

Unions
AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/

California Labor Federation
http://www.calaborfed.org/resources/index.html

Whistleblowers
Government Accountability Project
http://www.whistleblower.org/template/index.cfm
advances free speech, defends whistleblowers, and empowers citizen activists

Integrity International
http://www.whistleblowing.us/
support for government whistleblowers