Showing posts with label Title VII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Title VII. Show all posts
Friday, June 06, 2025

Ministerial Exception Doctrine Applies to Title VII Claim of Business Prof at Christian University

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In Schmidt v. University of Northwestern- St. Paul ,  (D MN, June 5, 2025), a Minnesota federal district court held that the ministerial exc...
Sunday, June 01, 2025

3rd Circuit: Fireman's Free Exercise and Title VII Challenge to Grooming Rules Should Move Forward

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In Smith v. City of Atlantic City ,  (3d Cir., May 30, 2025), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a New Jersey federal district co...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Court Invalidates EEOC Guidance on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In State of Texas v. EEOC , (ND TX, May 15, 2025), a Texas federal district judge held that portions of the EEOC's 2024 Enforcement Guid...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Employees' Suit Against School Board for Denying Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Moves Ahead

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Decisions in suits by former employees who were denied religious exemptions from employer Covid vaccine mandates continue to be handed down ...
Friday, May 09, 2025

5th Circuit: Religious Liberty Training Order Against Attorneys in Title VII Case Was Improperly Punitive

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In Carter v. Local 556, Transport Workers Union of America ,  (5th Cir., May 8, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed portio...

EEOC Sues Marriott Over Refusal to Accommodate Seventh Day Adventist

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On Wednesday, the EEOC announced  that it had filed a Title VII religious discrimination suit against two Marriott corporate entities that s...
Thursday, May 08, 2025

Student's Suit Against University President for Antisemitism Needs Additional Allegations

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In Gerwaski v. State of Nevada ex rel. Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education ,  (D NV, May 5, 2025), a Jewish student at...
Friday, April 18, 2025

"Religious" Belief Defined Broadly in Title VII Claim

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Numerous cases challenging employers' refusal to grant exemptions to Covid vaccine mandates during the height of the Covid epidemic cont...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Catholic Employers Get Permanent Injunction Against EEOC

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In Catholic Benefits Association v. Luca s, (D ND, April 25, 2025), a North Dakota federal district court converted a preliminary injunction...
Friday, April 11, 2025

3rd Circuit Rejects Title VII Claim by ER Doctor Who Was Denied Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Bushra v. Main Line Health, Inc. ,  (3d Cir., April 10, 2025), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a Title VI...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Cert. In Title VII Religioius Discrimination Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Hittle v. City of Stockton, California , (Docket No. 24-427, certiorari  denied 3/10/2025). Ju...
Friday, March 07, 2025

DOJ Starts Title VII "Pattern or Practice" Investigation of Antisemitism at University of California

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The Department of Justice has launched an employment discrimination investigation of the University of California. A DOJ  press release thi...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Title VII Applies to Liberty University's Firing of Transgender Employee

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In Zinski v. Liberty University, Inc. ,  (WD VA, Feb. 21, 2025), a Virginia federal district court refused to dismiss a Title VII sex discri...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

7th Circuit Hears Arguments on Accommodating Teacher Who Objects to Using Students' Preferred Names and Pronouns

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Yesterday the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation. ( Audio of full or...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

1st Circuit Accepts Employer's Undue Hardship Defense for Denying Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccination

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In  Rodrique v. Hearst Communications, Inc. , (1st Cir., Jan. 17, 2025), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a Tit...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

School's Transgender Policy Does Not Violate Teacher's 1st Amendment Rights

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In Polk v. Montgomery County Public Schools ,  (D MD, Jan. 17, 2025), a public-school substitute teacher alleged that a Maryland school syst...
Wednesday, January 08, 2025

4th Circuit: Covid Vaccine Religious Accommodation Suit Should Not Have Been Dismissed

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 In Barnett v. INOVA Health Care Services ,  (4th Cir., Jan. 7, 2025), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of Title...
Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Suit Challenges Museum's Diversity Policy as Violative of Employee's Religious Beliefs

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Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court by an employee of the Genesee Country Museum who was fired from her managerial...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

EEOC Suit Charging Failure to Accommodate Messianic Jewish Employee's Holidays Is Settled

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The EEOC announced last week that Center One and Capital Management Services, two related companies, have settled a Title VII lawsuit that ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

6th Circuit Finds That Employee's Objections to Covid Testing Were Not Religious

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 In DeVore v. University of Kentucky Board of Trustees , (6th Cir., Oct. 11, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismi...