Showing posts with label Employment discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Employment discrimination. Show all posts
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...
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...
Friday, March 03, 2023

Christian Mission Challenges Narrowing of Washington State's Religious Exemption From Employment Non-Discrimination Law

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Washington federal district court by a Christian social service agency contending that the Washington Supreme ...
Wednesday, March 01, 2023

Department of Labor Rescinds Trump Administration Rule Broadening Religious Exemptions from Non-Discrimination Rules

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The Department of Labor published in today's Federal Register a release ( full text ) rescinding a Trump Administration rule that defin...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Seattle Becomes First U.S. City To Outlaw Caste Discrimination

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Seattle, Washington this week became the first U.S. city to add "caste" discrimination to its anti-discrimination laws. The Ordina...
Monday, November 07, 2022

Actor's Disparate-Impact Religious Discrimination Claim Is Dismissed

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 In Dunbar v. Disney ,  (CD CA, Nov. 3, 2022), a California federal district court dismissed an amended complaint filed by "9-1-1"...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

European Court OK's Company Rule Neutrally Banning Wearing of All Signs of Religious Belief

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 In L.F. v. S.C.R.L ., EU EDJ, Oct. 13, 2022), the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in a request from Belgium for a preliminary...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Physician Assistant Sues Hospital That Fired Her Over Treatment Of Transgender Patients

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 A suit was filed on Tuesday in a Michigan federal district court by a woman who had worked as a physician assistant for 17 years, but was t...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Suit Challenges California's Linking Of Hinduism With Caste System

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A Hindu advocacy organization has filed suit in a California federal district court challenging allegations in the California Civil Rights D...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Christian University Trustees Sued Over LGBTQ Hiring Policy

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Suit was filed this week in a Washington state trial court against six members of the Board of Trustees of Seattle-Pacific University challe...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Ministerial Exception Doctrine Requires Dismissal Of Race and National Origin Discrimination Claim

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In Chris v. Kang , (D OR, July 26, 2022), an Oregon federal district court dismissed a claim of race and national origin discrimination brou...
Wednesday, May 04, 2022

European Court Says Belgium Can Protect Religion and Religious Beliefs Of Employees

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In LF v. SCRL ,  (CJEU, April 28, 2022), the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a recommended answer to a...
Wednesday, March 02, 2022

Court Concludes Church Did Not Fire Cook Who Cohabited Outside of Marriage

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In Sandoval v. Madison Equal Opportunities Commission ,  (WI App, Feb. 24, 2022), a Wisconsin state appellate court upheld the finding of th...