The second step of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) process is to conduct an assessment of the organization's current state. The assessment will review company structure, strategy', and processes.

Social Security, state income tax, and federal income tax are considered statutory deductions because they are mandated by government agencies. Union dues are not considered statutory deductions, although they may be provided for in some states.

Human resources prof essionals will have their hands in many tasks during both short- and long-term emergency preparations. Keeping up-to-date emergency contact data for every employee is an essential task for human resources prof essionals in the event that the emergency weather event is severe and displaces or harms company employees. While direct managers may have access to this data as well, the human resources team is responsible for company-wide accountability in the event that the storm causes extreme damage or communications disruption.
Coordinating with suppliers for resource access will more likely be led by operations teams. Human resources may advise in flexing employee schedules leading up to the storm, but it is the operations managers who will lead this action due to their institutional knowledge of the day-to-day operations. Human resources may advise in securing employee data and the systems that support that data, but it will be the IT department that leads the digital preparations due to their expertise.

A person must be at least 18 years old to take a job that has been designated hazardous by the Secretary of Labor. The Fair Labor Standards Act instituted a number of policies to prevent the exploitation of children. The only hazardous jobs children younger than 18 may be allowed to perform are related to farming.

The piece of legislation to which the quote refers is the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (OSHA), The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is focused specif ically on providing rights for employees with disabilities in the workplace. The Drug-Free Workplace Act is focused on the substance abuse policy for federal contractors. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is focused on the legal obligation that organizations have to record and report financial information.