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The article focuses on the impact of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) decision to broaden the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), on employers. It says that the move to clarify which illnesses make employees eligible for ADA protection, is likely to increase the risk of discrimination or other lawsuits for employers.

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 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 focuses on how employers can comply with three labor laws in the U.S. including workers' compensation, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It says that employers must know the complexities of these laws to avoid potential lawsuits, along with different state laws regarding financial assistance and medical care for employees, suffering a job-related injury or disability.

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.

The article focuses on legal issues related to employee rights for a woman, undergoing time-consuming and time-sensitive fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF). It discusses whether the Americans with Disabilities Act offers protection to the employees, struggling to deal with infertility, and whether such women can present a sex-discrimination claim, if they are fired due to the impact of fertility treatment on their work. It refers to several cases including Hall v. Nako Co.

The article presents news briefs related to labor laws in the U.S. It discusses a case related to accommodation of employees' religious beliefs, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It also focuses on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance on allowing an employee to work from home under the Americans with Disabilities Act.