Showing posts with label Reasonable accommodation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reasonable accommodation. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 02, 2025

9th Circuit Upholds Fire Department's Denial of Religious Exemptions from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Petersen v. Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue ,  (9th Cir., Sept. 2, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by eig...
Monday, September 01, 2025

State Office Violated Title VII by Refusing to Allow Jehovah's Witness to Attach Addendum to Required Employment Oath

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In Bolden-Hardge v. Office of the California State Controller ,  (ED CA, Aug. 29, 2025), a California federal district court, in a case on r...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

7th Circuit: Jury Must Decide Whether Religious Accommodation Would Create Undue Hardship

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In a Title VII case that has been in litigation for six years, in Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp ., (7th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Office of Personnel Management Issues Memo On Religious Accommodations

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Yesterday, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management released  a Memorandum on Reasonable Accommodations for Religious Purposes  ( full text )...
Friday, June 06, 2025

EEOC Sues Over Denial of Dress Code Religious Accommodation for Apostolic Christian Employee

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The EEOC announced this week that it has filed a Title VII lawsuit against CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC, alleging that it fail...
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...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Court Vacates EEOC Rule Requiring Accommodation of Employees' Abortions

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In State of Louisiana v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ,  (WD LA, May 21, 2025), a Louisiana federal district court set aside an E...
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, March 20, 2025

EEOC Enjoined from Enforcing Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Against Christian Nonprofit Organization

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In Stanley M. Herzog Foundation v. EEOC , (W.D. Mo. Oct 04, 2024), a Missouri federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Lifeguard Who Has Religious Objections to Pride Month Has Claim for Undermining of His Religious Accommodation

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In Little v. Los Angeles County Fire Department ,  (CD CA, Jan. 25, 2025), a California federal district court allowed a Fire Department cap...
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...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Firefighters Can Move Ahead With Title VII Claims Over Forced Leave to Accommodate Religious Objections to Covid Vaccine

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In Bingham   v. City of San Jose , (CA App., Oct. 30, 2024), a California state appeals court held that five San Jose firefighters who were ...
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

EEOC Sues Over Refusal to Accommodate Muslim Applicant's Worship Schedule

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On Sept. 30 the EEOC filed a suit under Title VII charging a Washington-state based staffing and recruiting agency with religious discrimina...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Company Settles EEOC Suit for $110,000, Compensating Employee Whose Religious Objections to Vaccine Were Ignored

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 A national furniture retailer, Hank's Furniture, has settled a Title VII religious discrimination lawsuit brought against it by the EEO...
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...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Court Says States Lack Standing to Challenge EEOC's New PWFA Abortion-Accommodation Rule [CORRECTED]

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In States of Tennessee et. al. v. EEOC ,  (ED AR, June 17, 2024), an Arkansas federal district court held that 17 states that are plaintiffs...
Friday, June 14, 2024

Court Upholds Firing of Nurse with Religious Objections to Flu Vaccine

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In French v. Albany Medical Center ,  (ND NY, June 12, 2024), a New York federal district court upheld a hospital's firing of a nurse wh...
Friday, May 03, 2024

Feds Sue Texas Correctional Authorities for Failing to Accommodate Employee's Religious Head Covering

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The Justice Department today filed suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice alleging that it violated Title VII by failing to a...
Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Accommodating Teacher's Anti-Transgender Beliefs Created Undue Hardship for School Under Title VII

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In Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation , (SD IN, April 30, 2024), an Indiana federal district court in a 46-page opinion that s...
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 ...