Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements tina Okoroafor
HCS/341
1/22/12

In the U.S., the human resources department must always operate and function with the rules and regulations that are required by law. The providers of the rules and regulations are the department of homeland security, the equal employment opportunity commission, the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the U.S. Labor department among other human resources required laws that are to be followed at all times. The purpose of these laws is for employers to give employees the necessary provisions that they require to be successful in whatever that they do in the society. Human resource process requires that HR managers hire employees, provide compensation and Benefits to employees, engage in performance management and evaluation of employees as well as firing and hiring employees, provide employee health safety and prevent employee discrimination and sexual harassment among others(Walsh, 2009. P.299).
Currently, the workplace are being regulated by the workers’ compassion laws at the state level and the OSHA or occupational safety and health act of 1970 at the federal level with all this Acts that is been implemented on both the employees, employers, and the organizations themselves if not developed adequately will lead to a serious criminal lawsuit against everyone that are involved. In most workplaces, today the managers and employees so not fear that they are been sued by someone but the managers do their best to prevent it from happening, and this has left no room for common sense and compensations. The presence of compassion in the workplace enhances the spirit to reach out by employees and the business experience a cooperative work culture where people are willing to help and not just sue the organization (Lilius et al, 2003). With compassion, the pain or suffering