Laws Affecting Human Resource Management

This activity is important because legislation and legal decisions have greatly affected all areas of human resource m$$nagement 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

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

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

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

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

Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act: Overturned Supreme Court decisions that had reduced protections for certain people with disabilities like diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, autism, major depression, and cancer

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