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SCOTUS Takes Up Another Case With DEI Implications

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/11/2024

Last week, the Supreme Court accepted review of Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. The court will address a circuit split regarding the standard courts apply in discrimination claims brought by majority group...more

Prayers for Religious Holiday Time Off May Need to be Accommodated by Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/2/2024

Knowing several religious holidays are coming up soon, employers can take steps to avoid triggering religious discrimination and reasonable accommodation lawsuits. Consistently applying paid time off rules can help to prevent...more

Employment Litigation Roundup - May 2024

Seward & Kissel LLP on 6/4/2024

May 2024 NJ Supreme Court holds that non-disparagement provisions cannot prohibit disclosure of details relating to claims of discrimination, retaliation, or harassment - The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held that...more

Applying Groff, Indiana District Court Rules in Favor of Employer in Religious Accommodation Claim

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/14/2024

Applying the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, which clarified the standard for undue hardship in religious accommodation cases under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a federal district court in Indiana...more

When religion and DEI training collide

McAfee & Taft on 4/11/2024

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which clarified that Title VII’s protections against discrimination “based on … sex” included sexual orientation and gender identity, an increasing area of...more

Changes in Labor and Employment Laws from 2018 to 2023; Anticipated Trends for 2024

Jones & Keller, P.C. on 1/11/2024

Similar to the prior five years, 2023 brought unprecedented changes in labor and employment laws that have already gone into effect or are now in effect for 2024 in Colorado, across the country in other states, by National...more

Groff v. DeJoy and Its Impact on Religious Accommodation

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/27/2023

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of religion (as well as race, color, sex, and national origin), and it...more

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 4, December 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/21/2023

Attacks on Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Non-Compete Agreements in 2023 - On several fronts in 2023, we saw federal agencies and entities attacking the scope and enforceability of certain employment agreements,...more

Second Circuit Rejects Religious Discrimination Claim Based on COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 12/8/2023

In last term’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly increased employers’ obligation to consider religious exemption requests under Title VII. Rather than the previous de minimus burden standard,...more

Accommodating a Request for Worship Space in the Workplace

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 11/29/2023

Question: Do employers need to provide a space for employees to worship and/or pray in the office? The short answer is: Maybe. You must reasonably accommodate employees’ sincerely held religious, ethical, or moral...more

Worship in the Workplace and Reasonable Accommodations

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 9/29/2023

Question: Do employers need to provide a space for employees to worship and/or pray in the office? Answer: The short answer is: Maybe. Employers must reasonably accommodate employees’ sincerely held religious, ethical,...more

Navigating the Intersection of Religion and Public Schools

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/25/2023

Public school districts across the country face an October 1 deadline to certify they do not prevent constitutionally protected prayer — or else they could lose federal funding. The certification is an annual exercise,...more

New Supreme Court Decision Puts More Pressure on Employers Who Receive a Religious Accommodation Request

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 8/31/2023

Consider this: an employee refuses to accept Sunday shifts because, under his religion, that day is devoted to worship and rest. Is his employer legally required to accommodate him? For decades, the answer was easy....more

More Stringent Test in Evaluating Title VII Accommodation Claims and the Meaning of “Undue Hardship”

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. on 8/16/2023

On June 29, 2023, in a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in Groff v. DeJoy Postmaster General, clarifying an employer’s obligations to accommodate employees’ religious practices....more

Supreme Court Miniseries: Religious Accommodation at Work

WilmerHale on 8/14/2023

In the Public Interest is excited to continue our miniseries examining landmark decisions recently issued by the United States Supreme Court. The fourth episode examines the Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, a case centered...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Redefines the Definition of “Undue hardship” with Respect to Request for Religious Accommodations Under...

Stokes Wagner on 8/10/2023

The U.S Supreme Court issued an opinion in Groff v. DeJoy redefining an employer’s obligations for religious accommodations under Title VII. The Court strayed away from the almost five-decade standard previously used and...more

Religious Accommodation Undue Hardship Becomes More Difficult to Meet Under Federal Law

Bodman on 8/8/2023

Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) requires employers to accommodate any employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs unless accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Historically, denial of...more

Say a Prayer for Employers: Supreme Court Expands Religious Accommodations

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/2/2023

The Supreme Court has broadened religious accommodations in a closely watched case, clarifying the Title VII undue hardship standard for employers....more

Plain Meaning or Precedent? Why Not Both?

Venable LLP on 7/28/2023

Imagine you're crafting an argument in an appellate court. The key statute has language that favors you, but a decades-old Supreme Court case goes the opposite way. Or, from the other side, the case is favorable but the...more

Supreme Court Stiffens Standard for Religious Accommodations in the Workplace: What it Means for Employers

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 7/26/2023

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously last month in favor of an evangelical Christian postal worker who refused to work on Sundays due to Sabbath observance....more

Will your prayers be answered on religious accommodations? Probably not.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/26/2023

In the past 30 days the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that denial of a religious accommodation requires proof of a real “undue hardship,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) sent a letter to the EEOC asking how it intended to...more

Employers Need to Go Further to Accommodate an Employee’s Religion

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 7/25/2023

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous opinion in Groff v. DeJoy that effectively made it easier for employees to secure religious-based accommodations in the workplace. Prior to DeJoy, an employer could...more

The Supreme Court Imposes New Obligations on Employers to Accommodate Employees’ Religious Practices

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 7/25/2023

In a case decided last month, the U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult for employers to deny employees’ requests for accommodations for their religious practices, rejecting the understanding of Title VII (the fundamental...more

U.S. Supreme Court Changes Religious Accommodation Standard

Gould + Ratner LLP on 7/25/2023

The U.S. Supreme Court last month clarified the standard for when an employee’s request for a religious accommodation imposed an “undue hardship” on an employer. Before this most recent decision (Groff v. Dejoy), employers...more

Change in Standard for Religious Accommodation Means Manufacturing Employers Need to Revisit their Accommodation Policies and...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/21/2023

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court upended the standard for the accommodation of employee religious beliefs and practices that have been relied upon by employers since 1977. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of...more

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