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History of Human Resource ManagementHistory of Human Resource Management
• Late 1800’s – Start of the Industrial Revolution• First personnel people are social workers,
educators, business school graduates, and ministers
• 1911 – First Workers’ Compensation Insurance in Wisconsin
• 1914 – Start of the “personnel department” due to lean war years - bread costs $.09
• 1920 – 25% of manufacturing firms with more than 250 employees had a personnel department
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• 1921 - Heavy immigration – sweatshops – “do the job or leave”
• 1926 – Railway Labor Act – The first important piece of pro-labor legislation
• 1928 – First U.S. television program is broadcast• 1929 – Stock market crashes• 1930 – 70% of workers are employed in
industrial positions• 1932 – Norris-La Guardia Act – Gave employees
the right to organize
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• 1933 to 1945 – High union growth• 1935 – Social Security Act • 1938 – Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) –
banned oppressive child labor, offered a 44-hour workweek and a minimum wage of $.25
• 1938 – Women fill in for men on the job – FLSA has a 40-hour workweek
• 1939 – U.S. enters war – minimum wage is $.30
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• 1946 – Postwar strike hits U.S. - first digital computer “ENIAC” – Baby boomers start to be born – “Kelly Girl” offices start in Detroit
• 1947 – Congress passes Taft-Hartley Act – restricts union practices
• 1948 – Minimum wage is $.40 - Manpower Inc. starts temporary agency in Milwaukee
• 1950’s – Bread costs $.50• 1951 – Employment of women reaches highest
point in history
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• 1954 – First personnel textbook• 1955 – Minimum wage is $.50• 1959 – Alaska becomes a state – prohibition is
repealed after 51 years• 1960’s – Bread is $.37 – FDA approves birth
control pills• 1961 – Minimum wage is $1.25• 1962 – Equal Pay Act• 1964 – Title VII of the Civil Rights Act –
addresses discrimination in employment
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• 1967 – Age Discrimination in Employment Act• 1970’s – “Personnel” is now called “Human
Resources”• 1970 – Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)• 1971 – Voting age lowered to 18• 1974 – Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA) – regulates private pension plans - minimum wage is $2.00
• 1975 – Home computers are introduced• 1977 – Star Wars is in theaters
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• 1978 – Sony Walkman is introduced – minimum wage is $2.65
• 1980’s – Bread costs $.57• 1981 – First case of AIDS is reported• 1985 – First Blockbuster Video Store• 1987 – Immigration Reform and Control Act
(IRCA) – I-9 forms are introduced• 1989 – Minimum wage is $3.35• 1990’s – Bread is $.84• 1990 – Americans With Disabilities Act
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• 1991 – Civil Rights Act of 1991 – Sexual harassment issue with Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill
• 1993 – Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)• 1996 – Minimum wage is $4.75• 1997 – Minimum wage is $5.15• 1998 – California minimum wage is $5.75• 2001 – California minimum wage is $6.25• 2002 – California minimum wage is $6.75
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• 2007 – Minimum wage is $5.85 • 2007 – California minimum wage is $7.50• 2007 – iPhones• 2008 – Minimum wage is $6.55• 2008 – California minimum wage is $8.00• 2009 – American Recovery & Investment Act
(Federal COBRA subsidy for 15 months)• 2009 – Minimum wage is $7.25 (July 24)• 2009 – I-9 form – updated list of acceptable
documents
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• 2009 – E-Verify required for many government contractors and some federal subcontractors
• 2009 – Genetic Information and Non-Discrimination Act (GINA)
• 2009 – Netflix is established• 2010 – Blockbuster Video files for bankruptcy• 2010 – First model of iPad released• 2010 – National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) – expanded FMLA for families of military servicepersons
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• 2010 – FTC revised Guidelines Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising to include “new media
• 2011 – Organ donor and bone marrow donor leave (Michelle Maykin Memorial Donation Protection Act)
• 2012 – Wage information for new hires (CA – AB 469) – Wage Theft Protection Act
• 2012 – Commission agreements must be in writing (CA – AB 1396)
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• 2013 – Changes in discrimination regulations – pregnancy, breast-feeding, religious dress and grooming (CA)
• 2013 – New I-9 form• 2013 – Highest minimum wages in US –
Washington - $9.19; San Francisco $10.55• 2013 – Employers can’t require employees or
applicants to provide passwords to social media accounts (CA and a few other states)
• 2013 – Preparing for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2014)