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Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Jewish Nursing Home Is Exempt From Title VII's Religious Discrimination Provision
In Shand v. Charles E. Smith Life Communities, (D MD, Sept. 23, 2019), a Maryland federal district court held that a Jewish nursing home, Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, is a religious organization for purposes of in Title VII. Under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-1, religious organizations are exempt from the employment discrimination provisions of Title VII "with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by such [organization] ... of its activities." In the lawsuit, a geriatric nursing assistant claimed the nursing home had failed to grant her request for a religious accommodation.
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Reasonable accommodation,
Title VII