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Abortion Religious Accommodation

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

What lies beneath the “substantial increased costs” needed to reject a request for a religious accommodation?

Complete answers may be several years in the making. A year ago this month, in Groff v. DeJoy, the Supreme Court of the United States held that an employer who rejects a request for a religious accommodation “must show that...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Religious Institutions: Update June 2023

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In Ratliff v. Wycliffe Assoc., Inc., No. 6:22-cv-1185-PGB-RMN, 2023 WL 3688082 (M.D. Fla. May 26, 2023), the plaintiff, a software developer, sued the defendant, a Bible translation ministry, for sex discrimination under...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Dobbs Decision May Eliminate Anti-Vax Claims of Right to Bodily Autonomy

As discussed in last week’s EmployNews, the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming consideration of the standard for considering religious accommodation requests may expand employers’ obligations to agree to employee requests,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Hospital May Fire Employee Whose Religion Prevented Working in Abortion Unit

In 2012 Nikita Montgomery was hired to work in the Planned Parenthood department of a county hospital. In accepting the employment, she told the hiring manager that she had left her employment at another family planning...more

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