HRM-5008: Legal Issues in Human Resources Management

Bartram, T., Adam, D., Edwards, T., Jalette, P., Burgess, J., & Stanton, P. (2019). A comparison of contemporary human resource management and employment relations practices of Japanese and US multinational corporation subsidiaries: Evidence from four countries. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 74(4), 742-779.
This paper contributes to the debate about converge-divergence by comparing Japanese and U.S. multinational corporations (MNCSs) on their deployment of human resource management (HRM) and employment relations (ER) practices across four countries, Canada, the UK, Spain, and Australia.

Wolf P. (2018) Check-In: EEOC, DOL, and NLRB Compliance. Labor Law Journal, 69(3),145-159.
The article focuses on efforts taken by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, and National Labor Relations Board in governing labor and employment relations in the U.S. Topics discussed include protection of vulnerable workers; enactment of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and Family and Medical Leave Act for preventing employment discrimination.

Bohinská, A. (2018). Human resource manager’s responsibility in creating a culture of legal compliance and ethics in an organization. Journal of Human Resource Management, 21(2), 8-15.
This article emphasizes the vital role HR managers play in creating, implementing, and applying for compliance and ethics programs in their organizations. Their influence as change agents in the process of including strict legal compliance and ethics into the overall business strategy.

Westmark, F. (2019). Labor Relations and Human Resource Management. Salem Press Encyclopedia.
This article explains the evolution and growth of Human Resource Management from simple labor relations functions (or complicated as the case may be) to modern HR functions in all areas of a company's activities, as a pivotal contributor to the overall growth and profitability of the company.