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Religious Accommodation
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SC Employers’ Blog
HSB Webinar Announcement: Navigating Religious Accommodations and Bias in the Workplace: Legal Obligations and Best Practices
By Chris Gantt-Sorenson, Katie Busbee
Click here to view a recording of this complimentary webinar presented by HSB’s Employment Law team. On November 21, Chris Gantt-Sorenson and Katie Busbee discussed legal obligations and best practices for navigating religious accommodations…
Religion Clause
EEOC Suit Charging Failure to Accommodate Messianic Jewish Employee’s Holidays Is Settled
The EEOC announced last week that Center One and Capital Management Services, two related companies, have settled a Title VII lawsuit that was brought by the EEOC and subsequently remanded for…
Religion Clause
6th Circuit Finds That Employee’s Objections to Covid Testing Were Not Religious
In DeVore v. University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, (6th Cir., Oct. 11, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by a former…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Prayers for Religious Holiday Time Off May Need to Be Accommodated by Employers
By By: James M. Paul, Charles L. Thompson IV
Quick Hits Private and public employers with fifteen or more workers must accommodate reasonable requests from workers to observe religious holidays (pursuant to federal law; however, state law coverage varies…
Employment Law Lookout
What To Do When Your Healthcare Employee Objects To Providing Treatment Based on Religious Grounds
By Karla Grossenbacher and Leon Rodriguez Seyfarth Synopsis: With the myriad claims for religious accommodation that came out of mandatory COVID vaccination policies, employers have become familiar how to handle…
Religion Clause
3rd Circuit: District Court Did Not Show Compelling Interest in Denying Muslim Inmate Religious Accommodations
In Nunez v. Wolf, (3d Cir., Aug. 27, 2024), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a suit under RLUIPA, held that the district court had not established that the…
Religion Clause
7th Circuit Gives Broad Interpretation of "Religious" Claims Under Title VII
In Passarella v. Aspirus, Inc., (7th Cir., July 29, 2024), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Scudder held that a request for a religious accommodation…
Employment Law Worldview
Religious Relief: Eighth Circuit Decides Employees’ Failure-to-Accommodate Claims Can be Heard Under Minnesota Law (US)
Squire Patton Boggs’ Summer Associate Sam Triplett discusses a recent federal appeals court decision addressing the scope of Minnesota’s employment discrimination statute. Competing Beliefs The tensions between science and religion…
Religion Clause
EEOC Obtains Settlement for Failure to Accommodate Jewish Employee’s Sabbath Observance
The EEOC today announced that two related automotive hauling and logistics companies have agreed to a $65,000 settlement (plus an injunction, reporting, monitoring and employee training requirements) to settle a Title…
Religion Clause
Court Upholds Firing of Nurse with Religious Objections to Flu Vaccine
In French v. Albany Medical Center, (ND NY, June 12, 2024), a New York federal district court upheld a hospital's firing of a nurse who refused for religious reasons to receive…