Showing posts with label Sabbath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sabbath. Show all posts
Friday, June 21, 2024

EEOC Obtains Settlement for Failure to Accommodate Jewish Employee's Sabbath Observance

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The EEOC today announced that two related automotive hauling and logistics companies have agreed to a $65,000 settlement (plus an injunction...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

EEOC Sues IHOP Restaurant for Failing to Accommodate Cook's Religious Beliefs

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a Title VII religious discrimination suit in a North Carolina federal district court against...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Today In Title VII Religious Accommodation Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Groff v. DeJoy, an important religious liberty case testing the extent to which Tit...
Saturday, January 14, 2023

Cert. Granted To Review Title VII "Undue Hardship" Test For Religious Accommodation

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday granted review in Groff v. DeJoy,  (Docket No. 22-174,  certiorari granted, 1/13/2023). ( Order list ). In ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Alabama High School Athletic Association Changes Rules To Accommodate Sabbath Observance

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1819 News reports that yesterday the Alabama High School Athletic Association voted to amend its rules to accommodate religious requests fo...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Postal Worker Seeks Supreme Court Modification Of Title VII Precedents On Reasonable Accommodation

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A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Groff v. DeJoy. In the case, the U.S. 3rd Circuit...
Friday, May 27, 2022

3rd Circuit: Accommodation Of Sabbath Observer Would Create Undue Hardship For Postal Service

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In Groff v. DeJoy ,  (3d Cir., May 25, 2022), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that accommodating a Sunday sab...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

New Rules For Federal Workers' Comp Time To Make Up For Religious Observance

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This month's issue of the Justice Department's publication Religious Freedom in Focus  calls attention to rules adopted last month b...
Friday, November 16, 2018

Employer's Proposed Religious Accommodations Were Adequate

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In Miller v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey , (D NJ, Nov. 13, 2018), a New Jersey federal district court held that the religiou...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

No Standing To Assert Jewish Tenant's Free Exercise Objection To Saturday Eviction

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Hurley v. Town of Southampton , 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137089 (ED NY, Aug. 13, 2018) involves various claims by the owner of a rental proper...
Friday, October 27, 2017

Israel's High Court Upholds Local Law Allowing Supermarkets To Open on Sabbath

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According to the Jerusalem Post , in Israel yesterday an expanded panel of the country's High Court of Justice upheld a Tel Aviv municip...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Free Exercise Objections To Forced Hospital Admission on Sabbath Are Dismissed

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In Davenport v. Pottstown Hospital Company, LLC , (ED PA, Oct. 6, 2017), a Pennsylvania federal district court dismissed on various grounds...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

NY Court Invalidates Service of Process on Sabbath, Focusing On Competing Sabbath Times

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New York General Business Law Sec. 13 provides: Whoever maliciously procures any process in a civil action to be served on Saturday, upo...