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Religious Accommodation
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Labor Law Prof Blog
A New Model for Deciding Religious Accommodation Cases
Jamie Prenkert and Julie Magid have proposed a new model for deciding religious accommodation cases. From their abstract: Employers are sometimes requried byTitle VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act…
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Wal-Mart Victorious in Pharmacist Religious Accommodation Case
Over the year, we have reported on a number of religious discrimination cases in which pharamacists have sued their employers for requiring them to dispense, under some circumstances, contraception drugs…
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“You Can Do It, We Must Accommodate”: Home Depot Loses Religious Accommodation Appeal
From PlanSponsor.com this morning:The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that offering a shift change on Sundays was not an accommodation for an employee's religious belief of observing…
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Religious Accommodation of Off-Duty Conduct
Here is an interesting story from The Detroit News about a TV Anchorman-turned-part time evangelist who wants to preach the gospel on a unaffiliated radio station while not doing his…
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Thompson Ford’s Article on Workplace Religious Discrimination
Professor Thompson Ford (Stanford) writes a very interesting article on workplace religious discrimination for Slate.com.In Take God to Work Day, Professor Thompson Ford notes that:the battle over religious accommodation is…
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Workplace and Religion
ABC News reports on a recent development regarding the intersection between religion and work. According to Nancy Chandross, "Faith is finding its way onto the payroll as members of the…
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Body piercing, religion and the workplace
An interesting recent case from the 1st Circuit. In Cloutier v. Costco, 390 F3d. 126 (2004), Kimberly Cloutier alleged that:her employer, Costco Wholesale Corp. (Costco), failed to offer her a…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
California Court of Appeal Faults Employer For Failing To Accommodate Religious Beliefs And Observances
A California Court of Appeal has opined that an employer's duty to accommodate religious observances extends to an employee's request to attend a three day religious convention even if attendance…