Legal Standards for Selecting Employees

All selection methods must conform to laws and legal precedents. Several laws apply to the selection process. They include the Civil Rights Act of $1991,$ the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of $1967,$ the Americans with Disabilities Act of $1991,$ and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of $1986.$

HR personnel must ensure that their organizations respect all laws and regulations regarding employment. Along with equal employment opportunity, organizations must be concerned about candidates' privacy rights because information gathered during the selection process may include information that employees consider confidential. This activity is important because it tests your knowledge of four significant laws.

The goal of this activity is to match the descriptions with the appropriate employee selection law.

Read each description of an employment law, then select the appropriate law to which it refers.

This law protects individuals over the aqe of $40.$

This law protects individuals with phvsical shortcomings and mental challenges $($or a history of the same$).$

Prohibits preferential treatment in favor of minority groups.

This law requires emplovers to verifv and maintain records on applicants' eligibility to work in the United States.

Apolicants and emolovers must fill out Form I$-9.$