Understanding Of Legal Environment & Federal Equal Employment Laws

By, Hassam Patoli

Understanding of Legal Environment

Doing the right thing

Limitations of HR/ Employees Legal regulations Fair Employment Other civil laws

Doing Right Things

Flexibility with the law is important because it is the right thing to do. The earliest of the EEO laws requires that male and female employees who do the same job for the same organization receive the same pay. The most recent EEO law requires that applicants or employees who are able to perform a job should not be discriminated against because of a disability.

Limitations of HR

A firms HR department has considerable responsibilities with respect to HR law. These include keeping records, writing and implementing good HR policies, and monitoring the firms HR decisions. However, if managers make poor decisions, the HR department will not always be able to resolve the situation. Members of the HR department support managers who have to make HR decisions with legal implications. HR staff may monitor managers decisions or act as consultants.

Legal Regulations

firms legal department can not magically solve problems created by managers. One of the key functions of legal counsel, whether internal or external, is to try to limit damage after it has occurred. Managers should work to prevent the damage from happening in the first place.

Fair Employment

The goal of EEO legislation and regulation.

A situation in which employment decisions are not affected by illegal discrimination.

Federal Equal Employment Laws

Age Discrimination in Employment

Equal pay Act Title VII

Age Discrimination in Employment

It is an Act 1967. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act only forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older. It does not protect workers under the age of 40, although some states do have laws that protect younger workers from age discrimination.

Equal Pay Act

It is an Act 1963. The Equal Pay Act prohibits wage discrimination by employers and labor organizations based solely on sex. To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.