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Religious Accommodation
431 published works
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No New Trial: Court Grounds EEOC Following JetStream’s Victory In Religious Discrimination Trial
By Alex W. Karasik, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following a major victory for an airline-industry employer over the EEOC in a Title VII action regarding religious accommodations, the Court denied the EEOC’s motion for a new…
Employment & Labor
No New Trial: Court Grounds EEOC Following JetStream’s Victory In Religious Discrimination Trial
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following a major victory for an airline-industry employer over the EEOC in a Title VII action regarding religious accommodations, the Court denied the EEOC’s motion for a new…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Government Raising Awareness Regarding Religious Discrimination in the Workplace
By Robert T. Quackenboss, Robert T. Dumbacher, Benjamin I. Han
Recently, the federal government has highlighted the issue of religious discrimination and accommodation in the workplace. Given the diversity of most workplaces, especially retailers, employers should be particularly sensitive to…
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Back On The Butcher’s Block: Court Chops Down Meat Packing Employer’s Witness List In EEOC Religious Discrimination Case
By Alex W. Karasik In a pair of EEOC religious discrimination cases brought in Nebraska and Colorado against meat packing company JBS USA, LLC (which we have blogged about here,…
Employment Law Watch
Would ‘St. Patrick’s Way’ Qualify for a Workplace Accommodation?
If Saint Patrick walked into your workplace today, how would he and his beliefs be received? As we gather on March 17, amidst the shamrocks and celebrations, let’s not forget…
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With Adverse Employment Action Absent, Court Denies EEOC’s Motion For Reconsideration In Religious Accommodation Case
By Alex W. Karasik In an important EEOC case involving the intersection of company dress code policies and the rights of employees seeking religious accommodations, following a grant of both…
Employment & Labor
With Adverse Employment Action Absent, Court Denies EEOC’s Motion For Reconsideration In Religious Accommodation Case
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Alex W. Karasik In an important EEOC case involving the intersection of company dress code policies and the rights of employees seeking religious accommodations,…
Labor & Employment Report
Return of the Beast: Religious Accommodation Redux
By Fiona W. Ong
Back around Halloween, we offered you a seasonally appropriate and cautionary tale about accommodating an employee's religious concerns. As we discussed in that blog about the case of EEOC v.…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Religious Accommodations in the Workplace and Chinese New Year
By Jason Shinn
Today marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year, which is also known as the Spring Festival. Traditionally and especially in China, this celebration last 15 days. This festival is also…
Texas Employment Lawyer
A jury could find that the employer’s decision to terminate an employee after the employee’s refusal to write down bible verses on a daily company wide email establishes a failure to accommodate on religious grounds.
“A reasonable juror could find that Defendant failed to accommodate Plaintiff's request because Plaintiff was terminated thirty-two (32) hours after his refusal to include Bible quotes in the Morning Coffee[name…