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Employment law increasingly affects the decisions of human resource managers. Name three types of laws and explain the purpose of each one.

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Employment law increasingly affects the decisions of human resource managers. Name three types of laws and explain the purpose of each one.
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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). This Act was written to protect the nation's workers over the age of 40 from discrimination based on age. (ADEA 1967) The Act was implemented to protect job applicants, employees and employers. The Act states that a person cannot be discriminated based on the following factors, privilege of employment, promotion, layoff, hiring, firing and training. An employee who is over 40 and qualified ...

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