For performance assessment of employees, "helping to meet legal requirements" is the application of which one of the following ? 

For performance assessment of employees, "helping to meet legal requirements" is the application of Documentation purpose.

Explanation:

Performance Appraisal is an objective assessment of an individual’s performance against well defined benchmarks.

Performance being measured against such factors as-

1. Job knowledge
2. Quality of output
3. Initiative
4. Leadership abilities
5. Supervision
6. Dependability
7. Co-operation
8. Judgment
9. Adaptability
10. Health of employees

The below are the general application of performance assessment and its specific purpose.

1. Developmental Uses:

• Identification of individual needs
• Performance feedback
• Determining transfers and job assignments
• Identification of individual strengths

2. Administrative Uses/Decisions:

• Salary
• Promotion
• Retention or termination
• Lay-offs

3. Organizational Maintenance:

• HR Planning
• Determining organization training needs
• Identification of poor performance

4. Documentation:

• Criteria for validation research
• Documentation for HR decisions
• Helping to meet legal requirements