in examining government regulation, critical issues that need to be identified include the scope of laws and regulations that may impact what the organization does. this involves everything from federal laws regulating the may affect the size,scope and location of operations. A significant number of strategic human resource management decisions that must be made have to be done within the context of federal, state and local labor laws, Similarly, organizations need to establish beneficial relationship with agencies that enforce these laws and legislators who propose, pass, amend , and repeal such laws.