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What are some legal issues that can arise for employers in the areas of employee retention, the management of employee performance, and the employee appraisal process? What the legal issues is and how an employer can address the issue so that it does not create a legal problem.

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//This paper will help in understanding the legal issues for the employers arising out of the organizational processes like, employee retention, the management of employee performance and employee appraisal. It will also throw light on the ways through which an employer can address such issues so that, they does not create any problem or hindrances in the overall organizational functioning //.

The organizations nowadays perform a lot of activities as a part of the organization's human resource management. These activities include the employee retention programs, employee performance appraisal process, the management of employee performance etc. Therefore, it becomes almost inevitable that these organizational activities attract legal scrutiny at some point of time (Malos, n.d.). The legal issues concerning this come under various kinds of acts like the Civil Rights Act, Equal Pay Act etc and their various amendments. The following are some of the legal issues that can arise for the employers in the areas of activities like employee retention, performance appraisal and managing employee performance:

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