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Religious Accommodation
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
EEOC Moves to Strengthen Religious Accommodation Rights Post-Groff: Key Insights for Employers
By By: Fiona W. Ong, James M. Paul, Charles L. Thompson IV, Publisher, Sean J. Oliveira
Quick Hits EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas is focused on expanding religious rights in both private and federal workplaces. The first two post-Groff federal workforce decisions from the EEOC’s Office…
Municipal Minute
Teacher’s Case Against School District’s Naming Policy Moves Forward
An Indiana High School adopted a policy that required teachers to call students by their first names as they appeared in the school's database. For transgender students who had changed…
New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog
Federal Court Allows Newark Employee’s Religious Discrimination Claim to Proceed
Workers in Bergen County and throughout New Jersey have the right to practice their faith without sacrificing their jobs. A recent federal decision, Aquil v. City of Newark, underscores that…
Religion Clause
7th Circuit: Jury Must Decide Whether Religious Accommodation Would Create Undue Hardship
In a Title VII case that has been in litigation for six years, in Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp., (7th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court…
Texas Employment Law Blog
Fired for a Skirt? Dentist Pays $61K After Refusing Religious Dress Code Exemption
A dental company has agreed to pay $61,000 to settle a claim brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission because it refused to grant a religious accommodation requested by…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
New Federal Religious Expression and Accommodations Guidance May Impact Private Employers
By By: Sean J. Oliveira, Fiona W. Ong, James M. Paul, Publisher, Charles L. Thompson IV
Quick Hits In mid-July 2025, OPM issued a memo that emphasizes federal agencies’ obligations to provide religious accommodation and identifies types of religious accommodations agencies should consider. Two weeks later,…
Religion Clause
EEOC Sues Over Denial of Dress Code Religious Accommodation for Apostolic Christian Employee
The EEOC announced this week that it has filed a Title VII lawsuit against CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC, alleging that it failed to grant a religious accommodation to an…
Labor & Employment Insights
Burn Grooming Policy, Burn? Third Circuit Reignites Bearded Firefighter’s Religious Accommodation and Free Exercise Claims
By Whitney J. Jackson, Anne R. Yuengert
If you have a grooming policy based on safety factors (like no beards for firefighters), does that trump an employee’s request for a religious accommodation? Maybe not. A recent Third…
Lawffice Space
New Third Circuit Religious Accommodation Case – Beards and Air Masks
By Phil Miles
An interesting new precedential decision from the Third Circuit in Smith v. City of Atlantic City was published on May 30, 2025. The fire department prohibited a Christian employee from growing…
Labor and Employment Law Insights
EEOC Scrutinizes Vaccine Mandates: Continued Rise of Religious Accommodation Claims
By Erik Eisenmann, Chengzhuo He, Samantha Bowie
The COVID-19 pandemic brought workplace vaccination policies to the forefront, raising complex questions about religious accommodations. Over four years after the initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, these policies remain in…