Showing posts with label Employment discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Employment discrimination. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Challenge To Narrow Religious Exemption in Maryland Employment Law Is Dismissed In Part

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In General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Horton ,  (D MD, June 18, 2025), a Maryland federal district court denied a preliminary i...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments Over Religious Exemptions from Washington Antidiscrimination Law

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On June 3, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( video of full arguments ) in U nion Gospel Mission of Yakima Washing...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Christian Foster Care Ministry Can Limit Hiring to Those of Its Own Faith

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In Gracehaven, Inc. v. Montgomery County Department of Job and Family Services , (SD OH, April 21, 2025), an Oho federal district court issu...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Religious Corporation Exemption to Maryland Anti-Discrimination Law Does Not Excuse LGBT Discrimination Against Data Analyst

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (D MD, April 21, 2025), a Maryland federal district court held that the religious corporation exemptio...
Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Sex Discrimination Claim by Pastor Applicant

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In Turman v. Abyssinian Baptist Church , (SD NY, March 31, 2025), a New York federal district court held that the ministerial exception doct...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Diocese and Pregnancy Center Challenge Illinois Ban on Employment Discrimination Because of Reproductive Health Care Choices

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Suit was filed last week in an Illinois federal district court by a Christian Pregnancy Care Center and a Catholic diocese challenging the r...
Sunday, March 02, 2025

Iowa Governor Signs Law Ending Anti-Discrimination Protection for Transgender Individuals

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On Feb. 28, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 418 ( full text ) which removes "gender identity" as a protected class u...
Friday, January 03, 2025

Ban on Firing Employee Because of Reproductive Health Decision May Violate Religious Employer's Expressive Association Rights

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In CompassCare v. Hochul ,  (2nd Cir., Jan. 2, 2025), anti-abortion pregnancy centers and a Baptist Church challenge a New York statute whic...
Thursday, December 05, 2024

Ministerial Exception Is Affirmative Defense, Not Jurisdictional Bar

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In  Matter of Ibhawa v New York State Division of Human Rights , (NY Ct App, Nov. 26, 2024), New York's highest appellate court reversed...
Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Homeless Shelter Can Limit Hiring to Coreligionists

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In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Wash. v. Ferguson ,  (ED WA, Nov. 1, 2024), a Washington federal district court granted a preliminary inj...
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

7th Day Adventists Sue Maryland Over Narrow Interpretation of Fair Employment Practices Act Exemption

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Last week, the Seventh Day Adventist Church filed suit against officials and members of the Maryland Civil Rights Commission challenging as ...
Monday, September 23, 2024

6th Circuit Rules on Christian Plaintiffs' Standing to Challenge Michigan's Civil Rights Acts

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In Christian Healthcare Centers, Inc. v. Nessel ,  (6th Cir., Sept. 20, 2024), a Christian membership-based medical service ministry and two...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

18 States Sue EEOC Over Guidance on Transgender Sexual Harassment

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Eighteen states filed suit this week in a Tennessee federal district court challenging an EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Wor...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Certiorari Denied in Case of Jurors Disqualified Because of Religious Beliefs

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Today the Supreme Court denied review in Missouri Department of Corrections v. Finney ,  ( certiorari denied,  2/20/2024). In the case a Mis...
Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Religious Organization Lacks Standing to Challenge Interpretation of State Anti-Discrimination law

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In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Wash. v. Ferguson , (ED WA, Sept. 1, 2023), a Washington federal district court dismissed for lack of sta...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

5th Circuit En Banc Expands Its Interpretation of Title VII

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In Hamilton v. Dallas County ,  (5th Cir., Aug. 18, 2023), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of appeals in an en banc  decision overturned the Circ...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

MD Supreme Court: State Law Sex Discrimination Ban Does Not Include Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (MD Sup. Ct., Aug. 14, 2023), the Maryland Supreme Court, responding to certified questions from a fed...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

NJ Anti-Discrimination Law Creates Defense for Catholic School That Requires Teachers to Follow Catholic Teachings

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 In Cristello v. St. Theresa School ,  (NJ Sup. Ct., Aug. 14, 2023), the New Jersey Supreme Court dismissed a suit against a Catholic school...
Thursday, June 22, 2023

Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Charlotte Burrows For Third Term on EEOC

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Yesterday, President Biden announced his intent to nominate  Charlotte A. Burrows for a third term as a Member of the Equal Employment Opp...
Friday, May 19, 2023

New Michigan Law Bars Employment Discrimination Because of Abortion

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Yesterday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed SB147 ( full text ) which amends the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to bar discrimina...