Seyfarth Synopsis: The 8th Circuit recently held that while a request for a religious accommodation may qualify as a protected activity, it is not necessarily “oppositional” so as to give rise to an opposition-clause...more
11/29/2018
/ Best Practices ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
First Impression ,
Protected Activity ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Title VII
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Tenth Circuit has recently vacated summary judgment in favor of an employer in a religious accommodation case that centers on what constitutes a “reasonable” accommodation of an employee’s observance of...more
2/22/2018
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Kellogg Company ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Reasonableness Factors ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Summary Judgment ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Seyfarth Synopsis: Telling African-American employees “that if they had ‘n—– rigged’ the fence, they would be fired” may be enough, standing alone, to state a hostile work environment claim....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A recent decision by a federal district court in Minnesota held that a religious accommodation request is not “protected activity” under Title VII. In defending retaliation litigation, employers should...more
7/20/2017
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Conditional Job Offers ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Protected Activity ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Title VII ,
Work Schedules
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent federal case the employer has challenged the EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation taking the position that a religious accommodation request does not meet the test for protected activity...more