Showing posts with label Title VII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Title VII. Show all posts
Monday, September 29, 2025

Justice Department Issues Opinion to EEOC On Impact of Recent Developments for Federal Employees

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Earlier this month, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an advisory opinion Religious Liberty Protections for ...
Friday, September 12, 2025

11th Circuit En Banc: Exclusion of Sex-Change Surgeries from Health Care Coverage Is Not Facially Discriminatory Under Title VII

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In Lange v. Houston County, Georgia ,  (11 Cir., Sept. 9, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc , in an 8-5 decisio...
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 21, 2025

8th Circuit: Evidence Did Not Support Dismissal of Jail Administrator's Title VII Religious Discrimination Case

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In Naylor v. County of Muscatine, Iowa ,  (8th Cir., Aug. 19, 2025), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's dism...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

EEOC Highlights Its Actions to Protect Employees' Religious Freedom

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The EEOC yesterday issued a lengthy press release  titled  200 Days of EEOC Action to Protect Religious Freedom at Work. The Release says in...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

5th Circuit: Anti-Vax Belief in Bodily Autonomy Can Support Title VII Religious Discrimination Claim

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In Wright v. Honeywell International, Inc .,  (5th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's d...

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...
Wednesday, August 06, 2025

9th Circuit: Ministerial Exception Requires Dismissal of Customer Service Representative's Title VII Suit

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In  McMahon v. World Vision, Inc. ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the ministerial exception doc...
Friday, August 01, 2025

Columbia and UCLA Settle Antisemitism Charges

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Last week (July 23), Columbia University announced that it had reached a settlement with the federal government to restore its research fun...
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

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...