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Religious Accommodation
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Labor Law Prof Blog
AALS Call for Papers: Labor & Employment Law Protections and Religious Accomodations
The Executive Committee of the AALS Labor Relations and Employment Law Section is seeking abstracts as part of a Call for Papers to be presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting…
Healthcare Workplace Update
“Vaccinate” Your Mandatory Flu Shot Policies Against Litigation
As we have just survived one of the worst flu seasons in recent memory, now is a good time to consider whether you should implement or revise a mandatory flu…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Michigan Hospital Sued for Failing to Accommodate Religious Belief over Flu Vaccine
By Jason Shinn
How far does an employer have to go to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs? That is an issue raised in a lawsuit filed by the EEOC against Memorial Healthcare on…
Employment Law Perspectives
NYC Council Obligates Employers to Engage in “Cooperative Dialogue” for Reasonable Accommodation Requests
Apparently believing that employers are not capable of considering employees’ requests for reasonable accommodation on their own, the New York City Council has decided to dictate how those requests should…
Labor Days
Employer Vaccine Programs: A Case Where Religion is NOT a Factor
This year flu season came early and with a vengeance. As we mentioned in our October post, The Rise of Employee Religious Discrimination Claims, mandatory flu vaccines present a common…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Religious Accommodation in the Workplace
By Lisa Stam
Merry Christmas! Wait. What? Can we still say that in public? Why yes, we can, but not at the cost of excluding all other religions in the workplace. For those…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
An Employer’s Duty to Accommodate Not So-Common Religious Practices
Q. An employee has requested that the company give her an accommodation due to a religious practice I have never heard of. Do we have to comply with this request?…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
No Fingerprinting as a Religious Accommodation? Yes, Says Court
My colleague, Gary Starr, returns this morning with a post on a recent case that has implications for employers nationwide. You wouldn't think that fingerprinting would be brought into the…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
You Don’t Want To Be THAT Person on Someone Else’s Holiday
Today marks Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and one of the holiest days of the Jewish year. But it's a day of business to many. What should employers be…
SimplyHR
Flu shots: Q&A for employers
With flu season right around the corner, employers may be starting to wonder what steps can be taken to ensure that the workplace remains productive and flu-free. Here are answers…