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Class Mon 25th: Today was very interesting. We went into greater detail about the Acts that are in place to protect people, businesses, and both of those from each other. It is interesting to me how much we rely on HR and how much they have to learn and deal with. In hiring and firing alone, an HRM has to be aware of all the acts and follow them to the tee. There are racial issues, gender issues, age issues, and disability issues, etc; when hiring someone, each of these issues require careful and clean action. When firing someone, accurate and very detailed records must be shown to the employee, and a satisfactory explanation of your reason for firing them must be given. Even issues that we don't think about on a regular basis must be on the HRM's mind constantly. For example, women that are pregnant, sexual preference, religion, age, etc.