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The article discusses the court case Seema Nayak, M.D. v. St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center on complications faced by employers after postpartum depression of employess. Topics discussed include women with postpartum depression are covered under Americans with Disabilities Act under certain conditions; and Nayak sued the jospital because it discriminated agaisnt her after postpartum depression.

The article offers legal news brief of the U.S. as of January 2017. It mentions that the decision of the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the accommodation under the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the certification of CPR with the employer is aware of an employee's disability. It also mentions that court case Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, on the labor union activity of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

The article offers legal news briefs as of August 1, 2015. Topics include the court case Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Medical Foundation wherein Michaelin Higgins-Williams sued her employer a disability discrimination after she went on disability leave due to stress, and the court case Noll v. International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) wherein Alfred Noll sued IBM under the Americans with Disabilities Act and New York state law.

The article discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals case Blazek v. City of Lakewood wherein former streets, construction, maintenance and repair department Lakewood, Ohio's worker Jonathan Blazek filed a lawsuit against the city for disability discrimination, claiming that the city terminated him for alcoholism. It mentions the dismissal of the lawsuit by the federal appellate court stating that Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not cover any employees using substances at workplaces.

The article offers news briefs on legal aspects of employees in the U.S. as of August 2014. Topics discussed include Jane Harris, an employee at Ford Motor Co., suffering from bowel syndrome filing a lawsuit against the company under the Americans with Disabilities Act for not allowing her to work from home, and the regulations under the U.S. Affordable Care Act which demands the employers to determine their number of employees.

The article discusses various cases associated with labor rights in the U.S. It discusses the cases "Gogos v. AMS Mechanical Systems Inc." and "Ballard v. Chicago Park District." It is noted that welder and pipe fitter Anthimos Gogos was dismissed by his employer AMS Mechanical Systems after getting into the hospital from work for increase in blood pressure, but his medical conditions do not qualify as disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The article presents news briefs related to labor laws in the U.S., as of March 2014. It presents a case, Suvada v. Gordon Flesch Co., N.D. Illinois, which says that an employer is required to engage in an interactive process with a disable employee, as mandated by the Americans with Disability Act, to identify potential reasonable accommodations. It also discusses the case Latowski v. Northwoods Nursing Ctr., in which an employee was terminated on the basis of employee restrictions policy.