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is activity is important because legislation and legal decisions have greatly affected all areas of human resource management since the $1930$s$.$ Laws $c$ eas ranging from hiring decisions, to training, to monitoring working conditions. These laws were passed because many businesses did not exercise f bor practices voluntarily.

he goal of this activity is to demonstrate your understanding of the history of key laws.

Istructions: Place the laws in the order in which they were passed, from longest ago to most recent.

Rank the options below.

Age Discrimination in Employment Act $($ADEA$)$: Protected individuals $40$ or older from employment and workplace discrimination in all aspects of human resource management.

Equal Employment Opportunity Act $($EEOA$)$: Strengthened the EEOC by giving it broad powers.

Americans with Disabilities Act: Required employers to give applicants with physical or mental disabilities the same consideration for employment as people without disabilities.

The Civil Rights Acts of $1991$: Amended Title VII of earlier Civil Rights Act

Vocational Rehabilitation Act: Extended discrimination protection to all people with physical and mental disabilities.

The Civil Rights Acts of $1964$: Outlawed discrimination in employment based on sex, race, color, religion, or national origin for firms with $15$ or more employees.