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Religious Accommodation
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Global Workplace Insider
Religious Accommodations @ Work: Reminder from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
In a recent decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“the Tribunal”) decided in favour of two teenaged employees who were fired for refusing to work on a religious holiday.…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Blog Headlines, Robin Williams’ Estate, Accommodating Religion
As mentioned yesterday. the big news of the week is the NLRB deciding not to step in and rule on whether or not Northwestern football players can unionize. But while…
The Labor Dish
Accommodating Religion: Ignorance Is Not Bliss
By DLA Piper
Title VII imposes an obligation to accommodate religion, including “all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, subd. (j). This obligation has drawn…
Employment & Labor
The Final Resolution of EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision
By Beth V. West
The EEOC issued a press release on July 20, 2015 announcing that the federal appeals court has dismissed Abercrombie & Fitch's (“AF”) appeal of the EEOC's religious discrimination case because…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Legislature Overturns Retaliation Holding in Rope v. Auto-Chlor and Classifies a Mere Request for Accommodation as a “Protected Activity”
On July 16, 2015, AB 987 was signed into law by the Governor Jerry Brown which provides a paradigm shift in favor of employees with respect to their retaliation claims. The…
Texas Employment Law Update
U.S. Supreme Court Wrap-up of Employment Law Cases 2014-15 Term
This past term saw the Supreme Court issue four opinions in labor and employment cases. In case you missed them, the following is a brief summary of the holdings from those cases.…
Global Workplace Insider
The deeper meaning behind Abercrombie besides failing to ask about an accommodation
By Mario Barrera (US), Stephen Romero (US)
As widely reported in its recent EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. decision, the United States Supreme Court held that employers cannot lawfully refuse to hire an applicant if…
World of Employment
U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch: It’s All About the Motive
By Ryan Gibson
Stoel Rives Summer Associate Dexter Pearce co-authored this post. In a case Justice Antonin Scalia described as “really easy,” the Supreme Court held that an employer can be liable for…
Supreme Court Update
Kerry v. Din (13-1402), Mata v. Lynch (14-185) and Baker Botts v. ASARCO (14-103)
Greetings, Court fans! The Court took care of some additional throat-clearing on Monday, handing down three decisions: Kerry v. Din (13-1402), holding that no additional process was due a U.S.…
Workforce Bulletin
Retailer’s Lack of Actual Knowledge of Applicant’s Need for Religious Accommodation Does Not Bar Religious Bias Suit
On June 1, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court revived a religious discrimination claim against Abercrombie & Fitch (“Abercrombie”) after the fashion retailer denied employment to a Muslim woman because the…