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Legal Aspects Of Staffing

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Introduction

The human resource element is the most useful part of an organization because for a

business to accrue benefits from its activities, people must be brought in to control all other

factors of production. Staffing is regarded as one of the primary functions of management and

refers to the process by which the right personnel is selected to fill the vacant positions in an

organization. The administration must ensure that the appointed people are the correct number

and also possess the proper qualifications (Phillips et al 2015). To protect the rights of workers at

the job place, various laws, as well as government, initiated activities have been put in place to

ensure that the employers do not exploit employees at the expense of their benefits.

The Fair Labor Standards Act

These laws together with government activities have had an impact on how organizations

conduct the staffing process. The Fair Labor Standards Act is among the rules that have been put

in place. The act was enacted in the year 1938 due to increased rates of depression. FLSA

dictates the minimum wage that employees should be given, sets qualifications for overtime

eligibility and the child labor standards. With this law, the salary pay that employees acquire for

example increased from 455 dollars to 970 dollars per week and also divided employees by

exempt or non-exempt employees to define who is eligible for overtime pay.

With these changes, organizations have been forced to change their staffing process to fit

in the FLSA and avoid incurring too much cost on staffing (Fine, 2017). Some of the changes

include the review of job descriptions to make them more realistic in stating the duties under a

particular position and also updating them often to ensure employees are well classified. To

reduce cost also, most organizations have changed their job description to include a broad scope

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Running Head: LEGAL ASPECTS OF STAFFING Legal Aspects of Staffing Institutional Affiliation: Date: 1 2 LEGAL ASPECTS OF STAFFING Introduction The human resource element is the most useful part of an organization because for a business to accrue benefits from its activities, people must be brought in to control all other factors of production. Staffing is regarded as one of the primary functions of management and refers to the process by which the right personnel is selected to fill the vacant positions in an organization. The administration must ensure that the appointed people are the correct number and also possess the proper qualifications (Phillips et al 2015). To protect the rights of workers at the job place, various laws, as well as government, initiated activities have been put in place to ensure that the employers do not exploit employees at the expense of their benefits. The Fair Labor Standards Act These laws together with government activities have had an impact on how organizations conduct the staffing process. The Fair Labor Standards Act is among the rules that have been put in place. The act was enacted in the year 1938 due to increased rates of depression. FL ...
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