Hi friends! How are you all?
Today I am going to introduce a boring yet important topic with you. I know most of you don’t feel comfortable with the words like Laws, Regulations, Code of conduct or Legal Issues. But there’s no scope to escape ! As much as any area of management, HR Management too is subject to wide-ranging laws and court decision.
These laws and decisions affect the human resource function in many areas such as employment opportunity, compensation and benefit, leaves, labor relations, and occupational safety & health in workplace, right of privacy, Sexual Harassment prevention and protection against unjust dismissal. Several major ones are summarized below:
Equal Employment Opportunity
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (amended by theEqual Employment Opportunity Act of 1972)- Forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion or national origin in all areas of the employment relationship. Continue reading
