It requires that businesses make 'reasonable accommodations' to people with disabilities. Most companies are having more trouble making cultural changes than structural changes to be accommodating. In 1997, the EEOC issues new guidelines for the ADA that tell employers how they are to treat workers and applicants with mental disabilities. It outlawed mandatory retirement before age 70. Many companies are voluntarily phasing out mandatory retirement after age 70.
Legislation affects all areas of human re source management.
Employers must be sensitive to the legal rights of their employees. It is sometimes legal to go beyond pro viding equal rights for minorities and women to provide special employment to correct discrimination in the past.