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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 information on the Employer-Provided Leave and the Americans with Disabilities Act by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and suggestions regarding the same. Topics discussed include employers to provide employees with disabilities have access to leaves as employees without disabilities, avoiding legal policies which provide maximum leaves; and documentation of cost associated with unpaid leave.

The article discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act that was signed into law by the former U.S. President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990. It include comments from Lex Frieden of the University of Texas Health Science Center, regarding the same and Terri Rhodes of the Disability Management Employer Coalition, regarding the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). It mentions the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008.

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.