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Religious Accommodation
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
What the DOJ’s Religious Freedom Guidance Means for Private Employers
By By: Fiona W. Ong, James M. Paul
Quick Hits The DOJ recently published guidance that clarifies legal protections for religious beliefs and practices in the federal workplace, consistent with recent executive orders and decisions from the U.S.…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Does the Second Circuit’s Motive-Based Test Apply to Connecticut Religious Accommodation Law?
My colleagues and I published a detailed breakdown this week over on the Employment Law Letter of the Second Circuit's new framework for religious accommodation claims under Title VII. The…
Employment Law Letter
Second Circuit Rewrites the Playbook on Religious Accommodation Claims
Employers in Connecticut and New York who thought they had a solid handle on religious accommodation law just got a new wrinkle. Last week, the Second Circuit adopted a new…
Religion Clause
2nd Circuit: Supreme Court’s Title VII Test Was Not Applied by Trial Court in Religious Accommodation Case
In Bergin v. New York State Unified Court System, (2d Cir., July 15, 2026), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a York federal district court's ruling in favor of…
The Employer Handbook Blog
The Religious Accommodation Lessons Inside MLB’s Pride Night Controversy
Who would have guessed that the most interesting religious discrimination issue of the week would show up on a Major League Baseball field? TL;DR: Three San Francisco Giants pitchers wrote…
Sports Law Expert
Legal Team Representing Former NBA Referee in Religious Accomodation Case Gets Help
By Holt Hackney
First Liberty Institute announced it joined the legal team representing former NBA referee Ken Mauer, who the league fired after it denied his religious exemption request from the league’s Covid-19…
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…
Religion Clause
Will Next Battles for Religious Accommodation Be Objections To AI?
An article last week in Business Insider suggests that the next battlefield for religious accommodation under Title VII may be artificial intelligence. Business Insider reports in part:Opposed to using AI…
The Employer Handbook Blog
The EEOC Just Told Employers Which Cases It’s Coming After. DEI Programs Made the List. What Else Did Too?
The EEOC approved a new National Enforcement Plan last week, and for the first time in recent memory ever, the agency has put DEI programs, religious accommodations, and national origin…
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…