What you’ll learn to do: summarize and discuss key laws affecting human resource management

Federal and state legislation have a big impact on businesses. There is an important body of anti-discrimination and labor laws that have a particular effect on human resource management. You’ll learn about those laws here.

The specific things you’ll learn in this section include:

• Explain the function of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Summarize key anti-discrimination legislation
• Summarize key labor and safety legislation
• Discuss key laws affecting human resource management