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Religious Accommodation
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Religion Clause
11th Circuit: Rastafarian Paramedic Was Offered Reasonable Accommodation
In Bailey v. Metro Ambulance Services, Inc., (11th Cir., April 6, 2021), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that an ambulance company had offered a Rastafarian paramedic a reasonable…
Religion Clause
7th Circuit: Walmart Need Not Accommodate Seventh Day Adventist
In EEOC v. Walmart Stores East, L.P., (7th Cir., March 31, 2021), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that accommodating the scheduling need of…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Court In Colorado Chops Off EEOC’s Motion For Reconsideration In Systemic Discrimination Lawsuit Against Meatpacker
By Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In EEOC v. JBS USA, LLC, No. 10-CV-2103, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13012 (D. Colo. Jan. 25, 2021), an EEOC-initiated lawsuit alleging a meatpacking…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Fifth Circuit Loss for Employee Who Refused Vaccine for Religious Reasons
By Publisher, Kelly E. Preston
As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more readily available, employers are considering mandatory vaccination for their employees and in particular, how to respond to employee requests for accommodation, whether on the…
Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
OFCCP Publishes Opinion Letter on Protections for Religious Liberty in (and out of) the Workplace
By Guy Brenner, Abigail Rosenblum
On January 8, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) published an opinion letter responding to an unidentified religious organization’s request for clarification on the “scope of the…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
How Will Your Business Handle Accommodation Requests To Your COVID-19 Vaccine Program?
As the first trucks with the COVID-19 vaccine roll out of the plant, we thought it best to ensure employers were thinking about accommodation requests to their mandatory or recommended…
Religion Clause
EEOC Sues On Behalf of Seventh Day Adventist
The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed suit in a Texas federal district court against Quest Diagnostics for refusing to accommodate the religious beliefs of a long-time employee. The…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
“Religious freedom” ≠ freedom to discriminate (but sometimes it must be accommodated anyway)
The EEOC has sued an Arkansas Kroger after it fired two of its employees for allegedly objecting to its new dress code that required employees to wear an apron that contained…
Religion Clause
EEOC Sues Over Failure To Accommodate Seventh Day Adventist
The EEOC announced this week that it has filed a Title VII lawsuit against Texas-based Frito-Lay, Inc. for failing to accommodate the religious needs of a Seventh Day Adventist employee…
Religion Clause
EEOC Sues Airline Over Requiring Pilot To Attend Religious AA Program
The EEOC this week filed a lawsuit against United Airlines charging that it did not adequately accommodate the religious beliefs of a Buddhist pilot. In its press release, the EEOC…