Performance appraisals are bound to the same legal considerations that is the selection process.Read, for example,the following recent news in which a male employee is suing Yahoo giving his recent layoff (https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-yahoo-lawsuit-20160202-story.html). The article discusses some details regarding the performance appraisal process that puts into question whether the decision to lay the employee off was problematic.

Taking this information and what you learned from the course, please reflect upon the following questions.

1. What elements of the performance appraisal process described in the LA Times would you change (if any) and why?
2. Would you like working for a company with this sort of performance system?
3. What laws prohibit discrimination against protected groups that are relevant to performance appraisal?
4. What are some recommendations you may give an employer for designing a legally defensible performance appraisal system?