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Religious Accommodation
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San Francisco Employment Law Firm Blog
Avoid This Mistake When Requesting Religious Accommodation
By Arkady Itkin
Workers in California often assume that because religious beliefs are private, they never have to explain anything about their religion when requesting a workplace accommodation. While it’s true that employers…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Ready for the Holidays? Stay Out of the Legal Hotseat With Time Off Requests
By By: James M. Paul, Leslie E. Wallis
Quick Hits Workers who are Christian, Jewish, Hindu, and Buddhist will mark religious celebrations in December 2025. Employers must grant valid religious accommodation requests unless it would impose a substantial…
SC Employers’ Blog
2025’s Turning Point: What HR Leaders Can Learn from the EEOC and the Big Beautiful Bill
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been unusually active in recent months, issuing significant opinions on religious accommodations and clarifying its enforcement stance on transgender discrimination. At the same…
Religion Clause
Title VII Suit Alleges Failure to Accommodate Religious Refusal to Work Alone with a Woman
Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court by an HVAC technician who alleges that his firing violated Title VII and the New York State Human…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Religious "purity tests" are a Title VII accommodation no-no
"Are you really that religious?" is the wrong question for any employer to ask of an employee seeking a religious accommodation. The 6th Circuit just handed down a decision in…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Let’s count the ways Pete Hegseth’s speech would get your company sued
If Pete Hegseth were your CEO, I'd be drafting your EEOC position statement tomorrow. You're not running the Department of War (née Defense), and your employees aren't soldiers. If you…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
DOJ Blesses ‘Situational Telework’ as Reasonable Religious Accommodation
By By: Fiona W. Ong, James M. Paul, Charles L. Thompson IV, Publisher, Sean J. Oliveira
Quick Hits Existing guidance on religion in the federal workplace largely remains intact, but federal employers now face a higher standard to demonstrate undue hardship when denying requests for religious…
Religion Clause
State Office Violated Title VII by Refusing to Allow Jehovah’s Witness to Attach Addendum to Required Employment Oath
In Bolden-Hardge v. Office of the California State Controller, (ED CA, Aug. 29, 2025), a California federal district court, in a case on remand from the 9th Circuit (see prior posting),…
Religion Clause
Pharmacists Sue for Religious Accommodation to Avoid Dispensing Gender-Affirming Drugs
Two Walgreens pharmacists filed suit last week in a Minnesota federal district court challenging the drug chain's refusal to accommodate their religious objections to dispensing drugs that facilitate gender transitions.…
SC Employers’ Blog
EEOC Decisions Enforce Stronger Protections for Religious Accommodation in the Workplace
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently issued significant decisions against two federal employers for failing to provide reasonable religious accommodations to their employees. These decisions underscore the importance…