Laws Affecting Human Resource Management

Laws Affecting Human Resource Management

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

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

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

Rank the options below.

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

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

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

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