Human resource management is a strategic approach of managing organization’s most valued assets – the people. It helps company to meet their primary goals by being able to find, maintain and manage best candidates. The most important word is “fit” which means the balance between management of company’s personnel and the general strategic direction of the organization.

Around the globe occupation of “an employer” stands out as one of the riskiest jobs since they are at risk because of government regulations and rules. Two of the hardest duties of the employer and HR Department are hiring and firing of employees. Both being time and effort consuming decisions, they must clearly meet all expectations. The job of the HR manager is to find a strong balance between the needs of his/her company and being able to find best people. Identifying of the most suitable candidate to join the team or having to terminate existing ones requires strong critical thinking, wide experience in the HR sphere and good communication abilities.

Nowadays there is a strong demand for effective and talented personnel to be recruited in order to serve the company’s best. When recruiting, it is essential to meet expectations of both the company and the candidate. In fact, in business employer cannot afford to make a wrong decision by hiring poor applicant because one bad hire sometimes can result in difference between company’s success or failure.

Labor regulations on the processes of hiring and termination of employee’s work are described in the US Department of Labor and basically state that “laws prohibit discrimination in employment decisions based on race, color, religion, sex, age, ethnic/national origin, disability, or veteran status.” It also is “responsible for laws that ensure that federal contractors and grantees provide equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees.”

According to the US Department of Labor it is employer’s responsibility to have your future employee complete Form I-9 at any time when hiring a person with the intention to pay him/her wages. When filling the paper, applicant inserts their personal information: full name, physical address, social security number as well as puts the signature on awareness of imprisonment or fines for false statements or use of fake documentation. Minors (people under age of 18 years), employees with disabilities also sign adjusted for them forms. These forms employer is retaining for several years. It is also important for the HR manager to carefully receive all documentation for verifying person’s identity and their employment authorization.

It is not an easy job to find, hire and keep excellent people in your company. For instance, in small businesses this is a particularly careful decision since new employees have influence the company which can result that they can either make or destroy the business. Therefore, leaders must understand and obey the government regulations on hiring employees and take care of save and healthy work environment.

Among key factors when hiring an employee, HR manager must pay careful attention towards the unlawful discrimination and understand that certain penalties might be charged against him/her if not obeying the law. According to the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices there are four basic kinds of unlawful discriminations: citizenship or immigration status discrimination, national origin discrimination, unfair documentary practices (Form I-9) and retaliation. Basically these conducts mean that each employer or hiring manager when accepting new individual should equally treat each person.