Topic
Religious Accommodation
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HR Law Talk
Religious Accommodation Ruling Confirms Employment Law Trend Toward Candid Interactive Discussion
A federal circuit court's recent ruling provides more evidence of a prevalent employment law trend that has developed in the last few decades. The trend? Candid interactive communication about an…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Don’t “Look” Now – Tenth Circuit Delivers Blow To EEOC In Its Battle Over Abercrombie’s “Look Policy”
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Howard M. Wexler As we have previously reported, the EEOC and Abercrombie & Fitch Stores have been entrenched in a nearly decade long battle…
Employment & Labor
Don’t “Look” Now – Tenth Circuit Delivers Blow To EEOC In Its Battle Over Abercrombie’s “Look Policy”
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Howard M. Wexler As we have previously reported, the EEOC and Abercrombie & Fitch Stores have been entrenched in a nearly decade long battle…
Employment Law Spotlight
Thou Shall Accommodate: Funeral Leave as a Religious Accommodation Under Title VII
Requests for reasonable accommodations are commonplace for employers of qualified individuals with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But a recent case reminds employers that reasonable accommodation of an…
Employment Law Worldview
Footballer caught offside in religious accommodation debate
Hats off for a striking own-goal scored by Premiership Footballer Papiss Cisse in his dispute with Newcastle United FC (see our post of 15 July - Football Strip Adds Interest…
Employment Law Worldview
Football strip adds interest to UK’s religious accommodation debate
So what do you do with a Premiership footballer who refuses to wear his club's strip because he has religious objections to the sponsor plastered across the front? Treat it…
Employment Discrimination Report
Bearded Muslim Employee Not Permitted To Wear A “Beard Net” Is Fired: Religious Discrimination Suit Follows
Question: When will employers and/or their trusted HR people and advisors learn the law about accommodation for religious beliefs? Answer: Only after they get sued. We have harangued employers since we…
Employment Law Worldview
Removing religious accommodations – precaution or discrimination?
Widely reported at the end of last week was a growing row at City University in London, following its decision to lock a room previously used for Friday prayers by…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Allows Prisoner Wiccan Claim to Proceed
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
In its opinion in Hartmann v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), a panel of the Ninth Circuit reversed in part a district judge's dismissal on a complaint by prisoners'…
Employment Law Worldview
UK’s Equality & Human Rights Commission issues guidance on religion in the workplace
The EHRC has responded to the recent “crucifix cases” with some new guidance on religion or belief in the workplace. This is a brave attempt to reduce into nine pages…