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When Use of Artificial Intelligence Conflicts With Employees’ Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs (US)
“Call it the fault of civilization. God isn’t compatible with machinery …” Or so Mustapha Mond warns John the Savage in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, but that tension is…
Employment Law Letter
From Lawyer to Employer | Season 5, Episode 1 | Beyond Vaccines: Rethinking Religious Accommodations in the Workplace
By Sarah N. Niemiroski, Peter J. Murphy
Season 5 of From Lawyer to Employer kicks off with new host Sarah Niemiroski! In her debut episode, Sarah welcomes fellow Shipman attorney Peter Murphy to explore what employers can…
Labor & Employment Insights
The EEOC Is Not Losing Its Religion: Enforcement Focus on Discrimination
By Sarahanne Y. Vaughan, Jennifer M. Trulock
Religious discrimination and accommodations have quietly become some of the EEOC’s enforcement priorities, and a string of recent lawsuits shows the agency is not shy about pursuing those claims. For…
Foley & Lardner LLP
Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Hospital Employer in Religious Vaccine Exemption Case
In a recent decision providing important guidance for health care employers navigating religious accommodation requests related to vaccination policies, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
AI in the Workplace: Employers May Face Growing Religious Accommodation Requests
Can an employee object to AI use in the workplace on religious grounds? Recently in North Carolina, a software engineer who is a Unitarian Universalist, successfully obtained a religious-based workplace…
California Employment Law Update
Title VII Accommodation May Cause Non‑Monetary “Undue Hardship” To Employer
By Tony Oncidi
Williams v. Legacy Health, 2026 WL 1239760 (9th Cir. 2026) Employees of Legacy Health were denied religious exemptions from the employer’s COVID‑19 vaccination policy based on the undue hardship the exemptions…
The Employer Handbook Blog
Denied Every Religious Exemption Request, Attempted No Accommodations, and Still Won
Sometimes the facts supporting a religious accommodation denial are so strong that skipping the accommodation process doesn’t sink you. This healthcare employer found that out — and the 9th Circuit’s…
HR Defense
Religious Accommodations in the Post-Groff Era: Navigating the Supreme Court’s “Substantial Increased Cost” Standard
By Lanie Read
According to the EEOC, religious discrimination charges have increased steadily over the past decade. Post-Groff, the stakes for getting accommodation decisions wrong have never been higher. Whether you’re fielding a…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Québec: New Framework Limiting the Duty of Religious Accommodation of Private Sector Employers
By By: Kevin MacNeill, Ryan Martin, Publisher, Arthur Schoeffler
Quick Hits On April 2, 2026, the National Assembly of Québec assented to Bill 9, which enacts the new Loi favorisant le vivre-ensemble et encadrant les accommodements pour un motif…
Jotwell
Ignoring Part of the Supreme Court’s New Test on Worker Morale and Undue Hardship
Dallan K. Flake, Undue Hardship after Groff, available at SSRN (Aug. 19, 2024). Henry L. Chambers, Jr. In Undue Hardship after Groff, Professor Dallan K. Flake considers an issue raised…