Showing posts with label Reasonable accommodation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reasonable accommodation. Show all posts
Friday, April 26, 2024

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Required Transgender Individuals to Use Alternate Single Occupancy Showers in Public Schools

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On April 23, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed Arizona Senate bill 1182. ( Full text of veto letter .) The bill, titled the "Arizona ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Denial of Religious Exemption from Vaccine Mandate Did Not Violate Title VII or Constitution

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In White v. University of Washington ,  (WD WA, March 22, 2024), a Washington federal district court rejected Title VII as well as constitut...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

4th Circuit: Inmate's Claim for Religious Diet Should Move Forward

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In Pendleton v. Jividen , (4th Cir., March 20, 2024), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a West Virginia federal district court...
Friday, February 02, 2024

Muslim Employee Recovers $70,000 From Employer Who Refused Grooming Rule Accommodation

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The EEOC announced on Wednesday that it has entered a consent decree in its lawsuit against Blackwell Security Services, Inc.  The EEOC'...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Court Rules On Class Action Certification of Claims by Religious Objectors to Covid Vaccine

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 In Chavez v. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District , (ND CA, Jan. 28,2024), a California federal district court refused to certify ...
Friday, January 26, 2024

County Revises Policy on Religious Head Coverings in Booking Photos in Settlement of Suit by Muslim Woman

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In a Settlement Agreement ( full text ) in Johnston v. Rutherford County, Tennessee,  (MD TN, 1/18/2024), the county has agreed to pay $100...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Nurse Sues Clinic for Refusing to Accommodate Her Objection to Prescribing Contraceptives

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A religious discrimination lawsuit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a nurse-practitioner who was fired from her po...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

School Did Not Violate Title VII in Denying Religious Exemption to Covid Rules

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In Russo v. Patchogue-Medford School District , (ED NY, Jan. 12, 2024), a New York federal district court held that a school district did no...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

EEOC Announces Settlements In 2 Religious Discrimination Lawsuits

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In the last several days, the EEOC has announced settlements in two unrelated Title VII religious discrimination suits filed by the agency. ...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

Employees' Objections to Covid Vaccine Were Not Religious

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In Foshee v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ,  (D MD, Oct. 17, 2023), a Maryland federal district court dismissed a Title VII religious disc...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Restaurant Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

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The EEOC announced last week that a now-closed restaurant in Atlanta that was part of Landry's, a national restaurant group that contin...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

EEOC Sues on Behalf of Muslim Employee

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 On Tuesday, the EEOC announced that it has filed a Title VII lawsuit against Blackwell Security Services, Inc., a hotel and condominium st...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

EEOC Sues Over Refusal of Religious Accommodation from Vaccine Mandate

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a Title VII suit against Arkansas-based Hank’s Furniture, Inc. for refusing to grant an empl...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Human Resources Employee Sues Seeking Religious Accommodation to Avoid DEI Participation

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 A lawsuit was filed last month in a California federal district court by Courtney Rogers, a former human resources employee of a multinatio...
Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Proposed Regulations Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Include Abortion as Pregnancy Related Condition

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Yesterday the EEOC filed for publication in the Federal Register Proposed Rules ( full text ) under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act . The ...
Tuesday, August 01, 2023

7th Circuit Vacates Prior Decision On Teacher's Refusal To Call Transgender Students By Registered Name

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As previously reported,  earlier this year in  Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp. , the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 d...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Supreme Court Says "De Minimis" Is Incorrect Standard for Religious Accommodation Under Title VII

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The U.S. Supreme Court today in Groff v. DeJoy , (Sup. Ct., June 29, 2023), held that lower courts have largely been misreading the  Hardiso...
Thursday, June 01, 2023

Football Coach Can Proceed on Some Claims Against University After Termination for Refusing Covid Vaccine

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In Rolovich v. Washington State University ,  (ED WA, May 30, 2023), a Washington federal district court refused to dismiss failure to accom...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

EEOC Sues Over Refusal to Accommodate Christian Employee's Belief Without Back-Up from Religious Leader

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a Title VII suit against Triple Canopy, Inc., a Reston, Virginia-based company that provides...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Air Force Announces Portal To Process Religious Exemption Requests

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The U.S. Air Force announced last week that it has developed a Portal to streamline requests for religious accommodation filed by Air Force...