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Religious Accommodation
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Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.: Mistakes, Same-Sex Marriage, and Unintended Consequences”
The title of this post comes from this recent paper by Professor Jeffrey Hirsch, the abstract of which states: In EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., the Supreme Court…
California Workplace Law Blog
An Employee’s Request for a Disability or Religious Accommodation Is Considered Protected Activity Under Change to the Fair Employment and Housing Act
By Marie D.G. Rosolio, Adam Y. Siegel
Effective January 1, 2016, an employee’s request for an accommodation for a disability or for religious reasons is considered to be “protected activity” for a retaliation claim under the Fair…
Employment & Labor
Court Allows EEOC’s Discrimination Suit Over Religious Garb To Proceed To Jury
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Christina M. Janice In an order recently issued in EEOC v Jetstream Ground Services, Inc., Case No. 13-CV-02340 (D. Colo. Sept. 29, 2015), Judge Christine…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Religious Accommodations, Employee Free Choice Act, VW Branding
It's a good day for McGuireWoods in the Top 10 as a pair make it, and a couple of my favorite law bloggers too in Seth Borden and Andrew Trask.…
Labor & Employment Report
Religious Accommodations – A Beastly Concern
By Fiona W. Ong
So as Halloween approaches, a recent religious accommodations case involving the "mark of the beast" seemed seasonally appropriate. For those of you not so familiar with the Bible, the Book…
Employment Discrimination Report
Do You Have to Pay Employees Who Are Off Work for Religious Reasons?
In the last few weeks, there have been several religious holidays including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha. These holidays may have caused employees to request time off from…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Nonprofit Hospital Exercising Rights to Religious Accommodation Threatened with Lawsuit
The Washington Post reports that, after Catholic hospital Genesys Regional Medical Center denied a request from Jessica Mann to perform a tubal ligation following the future delivery of her baby…
Louisiana Law Blog
Airline Dispute Highlights Religious Accommodation Issues
A recent CNN article highlights the need for employers to consider employees’ religious accommodation requests. Charee Stanley is a Muslim and a flight attendant for ExpressJet Airlines. As a Muslim,…
California Employment Law Update
Employer May Not Retaliate Against Person Who Requests An Accommodation Regardless Of Whether It Was Granted (AB 987)
By Tony Oncidi
AB 987 prohibits an employer from retaliating or otherwise discriminating against a person for requesting accommodation of his or her disability or religious beliefs, regardless of whether the accommodation request…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Show Me the Money: The EEOC Secures Post-Trial Damages Victory In Religious Discrimination Case
By Howard M. Wexler In EEOC v. Consol Energy, Inc. et. al., Case No. 1:13-CV-215 (S.D. W. Va. Aug. 21, 2015), a jury found in favor of the EEOC in its…