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WWW Resources

• American Bar Association’s – Law and the Workplace
  The American Bar Association provides information on the law and the workplace in an effort to make employers and employees aware of the laws that affect them. Specific topics addressed include employment law, privacy issues and women in the workplace.
  
  
• Business.gov
  The Business Laws section is designed to provide a small business with information concerning the laws and regulations in their locale. This website also offers information on topics such as employees, finance, government contracts and much, much more. By accessing information by region, users find state specific information (Tennessee) that “links to information, organizations, services, tools and transactions” on a variety of subjects of interest to the small business owner.
  
  
• EEOC – U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  This website provides information and guidance regarding the law governing the various types of discrimination. In addition, it provides information specifically for employers and small business owners. A link to the Americans with Disabilities Act can be found at this website. It also offers the publication The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Primer for Small Business.
  


• Employment Law Guide
  The Employment Law Guide describes the statutes and regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that affect businesses and workers. The Guide is designed mainly for those needing "hands-on" information to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for businesses in general industry.
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission
  The Federal Trade Commission has produced several “creative, practical, plain-language business education campaigns” that are a “cost-effective and business-friendly way to obtain compliance with the law.”
  
  
• FormsGuru.com
  Even though FormsGuru.com charges a fee for some of the forms on this website, they also offer a large collection of free business letters and legal forms. Forms requiring payment are clearly indicated.
  
  
• Nolo’s Small Business Law Center
  Presented in easy to understand language, Nolo provides information on small business startup and structure. Nolo also provides valuable information for day-to-day operations on many topics including financing, marketing and advertising.
  
  
• FindLaw for Business
  FindLaw for Business provides legal articles and guides addressing the topics of how to start a business, operations, finance, accounting, human resources and more.
  
  
• Tennessee Bar Association LawBytes – Business Information
  This free public service program, offered by the Tennessee Bar Association, is designed to help the business community understand the law. The Business Information section explains the different forms of business, how to form a corporation and the basics of patents, trademarks and copyright.