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Today Sands employs 700 people. Personnel, now called the human resources department, has a full- time director with a master's degree in industrial relations, three specialists (with appropriate college degrees and certifications: one in compensation, one in staffing, and one in training and development), and four personnel assistants. Sands' top management believes that a strong HR department with a highly qualified staff can do a better job of handling most personnel matters than line supervisors can. It is also convinced that a good HR department can keep line managers from inadvertently creating costly legal problems. One of Sands' competitors recently lost a $5 million sex discrimination suit, which has only strengthened Sands' resolve to maintain a strong HR department.