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Reasonable Accommodation EEO Undue Hardship

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

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Library Hotel to Pay $42,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Settles Federal Charges That Hotel Failed to Accommodate Front Desk Worker With a Stool or Chair - NEW YORK – 299 Madison Ave. LLC, doing business as Library Hotel, a luxury boutique hotel in New York City, will pay...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Vaccine Mandates and Religious Exemptions: Why Employers are Confused

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On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing in which he ordered the heads of executive departments and Federal agencies to immediately take action...more

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EEOC Updates Religious Accommodation and Vaccine Mandate Guidance

The EEOC has updated its technical guidance and answers in a document entitled What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws. The updated guidance adds six religious...more

White and Williams LLP

Employment Discrimination Claims Related to Vaccination Refusal – Disability

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The FDA’s emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is raising hope across the nation of a return to some semblance of normalcy in the months to come. In light of...more

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