Key Elements of Employment Legislation and its Impact on HRM Decision Making

Identify the key
elements of
employment legislation
and the impact it has
upon HRM decision-
making

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
EMPLOYEE RELATION AND THE LAW..................................................................................1
The purpose of employment law key legal issues and constraints..............................................1
Trade unions and workplaces representational the role of trade unions local national collective
agreements...................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Department plays an important role for the smooth running and
functioning of organisation and hiring best talent for the company in order to give it a new
direction. In this context the HR department is accountable for compliance of registration of
employment at the workplace that is concerned with the law. In terms of this many human
resource managers conduct and responsible for the training and development activity of the
individuals to make sure that these laws are being upheld and explained throughout the session
(Bratton and Gold, 2017). It is also analysed by HR manager that training and development
program are useful for employees in order to make them feel confident regarding their
performance and enhance their learning and skills for the employment laws that influenced HR
decisions and activities considering the equal employment opportunities labour laws
discrimination and medical leave of absence.
EMPLOYEE RELATION AND THE LAW
Employment and Labour Law describes the relationship between the workers employees and
trade unions. Collective Labour Law describes the tripartite relation among employee employer
and union. In relation with this individual labour law is concerned with the rights of employees
at their workplace with the help of the contract of employment (Collings, Wood and Szamosi,
2018). In terms of this employment standards describe the social norms concerning the ethical
and Technical standards for the minimum socially acceptable conditions that rely under the
employees and contractors are permitted to work. In relation with this the employment law
consider various factors such as employment terms, working conditions, minimum wage, living
wage, working hours, health and safety discrimination, child labour and so on.
The purpose of employment law key legal issues and constraints
Purpose of employment law
In Modern Times employment law become more apparent within the industries
specifically at the time of implementation of changes that are faced by employees. In terms of
this employment law provide legal protection to the Employees and employers both as the
factories provide regular income which other companies does not offer. The purpose of
employment law is to protect the rights of employees and set forth supervisors obligations and
responsibilities that have various functions. The basic function of labour law is to offer equal
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