Legal, Safety and Regulatory

Legal, Safety and Regulatory

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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory in Human Resources

Human Resources main focus is to effectively access the needs of an organization and staff the organization with the best personnel to fit the position. They also commit to effectively meet the expectations for the employee while noting what is best for the organization. They are also expected the ethically establish business practices, follow laws and regulations while motivating employees. Human resources have a responsibility to protect and enforce the 180 federal laws of the U.S. Department of labor. The US department of Labor also establishes wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits and some economic standards and strives to improve working conditions. Regulatory compliance constitutes making sure that all aspects of personnel being conscious of and taking steps to conform to pertinent laws and regulations within the range of their right. HR managers need to be aware of the ever changing DOL rules and regulations.

[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is in control to enforce federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a person pursuing a job or an employed individual based on their ethnicity, color, religion, sex, ethnic origin, age, and or physical or medical disability. It is also unlawful to discriminate against a person because they made a complaint about prejudice or bias, filed a charge of discrimination, or was involved whether directly or indirectly in an employment investigation or lawsuit based on discrimination.] ( U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n.d.).

There are organizations that have also been established for the safety of employees. It is up to the employers that a process is implemented and followed to for that of the safety of their employees. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is a national governmental agency that was created in 1970 to help employees...