Showing posts with label Title VII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Title VII. Show all posts
Monday, July 27, 2026

9th Circuit: Employee Adequately Alleged Religious Objections to Covid Vaccine

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In Weiss v. The Permanente Group ,  (9th Cir., July 24, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a California fede...
Friday, July 17, 2026

2nd Circuit: Supreme Court's Title VII Test Was Not Applied by Trial Court in Religious Accommodation Case

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In Bergin v. New York State Unified Court System ,  (2d Cir., July 15, 2026), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a York federal d...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

11th Circuit Rejects Claim That Covid Requirements Violated Employees' Religious Beliefs; Criticizes Counsel's Briefing

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 In Akerlund v. Atlas Air, Inc. ,  (11th Cir., July 10, 2026), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit broug...
Friday, July 10, 2026

Suit Seeks Accommodation for Christian Library Employee Who Objects To Using Co-Workers' Preferred Names and Pronouns

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Louisiana federal district court by a Library Technician who was fired for refusing to comply with the library...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Cert. Denied Over Dissent of 3 Justices in Covid Vaccine Mandate Controversy

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in Doe v. Hochul  , (Docket No. 24-1015, certiorari  denied 6/29/2026) over a dissenting opin...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

9th Circuit: Question of Fact Remains on Whether Airline Flight Attendants Were Fired Because of Their Religious Beliefs

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In Brown v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. ,  (9th Cir., June 24, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that there is a genuine dispute o...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

U.S. and Florida Launch Investigations of Religious Discrimination by Major League Baseball

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Major League Baseball's apparent selective enforcement of its rules regarding players' uniforms has led to religious discrimination ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

DOJ Opinion Says EEOC's Title VII Rules on Disparate Impact Are Unconstitutional

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Yesterday, the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel issued a 25-page opinion ( full text ) concluding that the EEOC's regulatio...
Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Will Next Battles for Religious Accommodation Be Objections To AI?

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An article last week in Business Insider suggests that the next battlefield for religious accommodation under Title VII may be artificial in...
Friday, May 08, 2026

9th Circuit: Requested Religious Exemptions from Vaccine Mandate Would Have Imposed Undue Hardship

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In Williams v. Legacy Health , (9th Cir., May 6, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a hospital system's refusal to gran...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Cert. Petition Filed in Covid Religious Exemption Case

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A petition for certiorari ( full text ) has been filed in Petersen v. Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue,  (Sup. Ct., filed 4/16/2026). In...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

9th Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Vaccine Mandate Case

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In Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center , (9th Cir., April 15, 2926), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied both a panel rehearing...
Thursday, April 09, 2026

Ministerial Exception May Not Apply to Non-Catholic 1st Grade Teacher in Catholic School

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In Coates v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah ,  (MD GA, April 6, 2026), a Georgia federal district court refused at this point in the lit...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Court Enforces EEOC Subpoena for Information on Jewish Employees at Penn

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In U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania,  (ED PA, March 31, 2026), a Pennsylvania fede...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

4th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In 3 Employment Discrimination Cases Involving Religiously Affiliated Institutions

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On March 17, the U.S.4th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in three cases of interest: (1) In  Zinski v. Liberty University, Inc...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

County Employee Sues Over Denial of Religious Accommodation So He Could Avoid Celebrating Pride Month

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Suit was filed yesterday in a California federal district court by an employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works alleging...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

EEOC Says Federal Agencies May Base Restroom Access on Biological Sex

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 In a February 26 press release , the EEOC announced: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-1 today to approve a f...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

DOJ Sues UCLA Under Title VII Alleging Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias

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The Justice Department Civil Rights Division this week filed suit against the University of California alleging that UCLA violated Title VII...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

7th Circuit: "Moral" Objections Not Protected By Title VII

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 In Bowlin v. Board of Directors, Judah Christian School ,  (7th Circuit, Feb. 13, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that mo...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Ministerial Exception Bars Former Priest's Title VII Claims

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In Obienu v. Archdiocese of New Orleans ,  (ED LA, Dec. 11, 2025), a Louisiana federal district court held that a former priest's Title ...