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Undue Hardship

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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Seventh Circuit Takes On Religious Discrimination

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/24/2023

The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of an employer in a religious discrimination case involving a teacher who refused to call transgender students by their chosen names....more

Fenwick Employment Brief - January 2014

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/15/2014

EEOC Position Statement Comes Back to Bite Employer in Civil Lawsuit - In Kwan v. Andalex Group, LLC, the Second Circuit (covering New York, Connecticut and Vermont) considered the impact of prior inconsistent...more

EEOC Sues Star Transport, Inc. for Religious Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/30/2013

Agency Charges Trucking Company Failed to Accommodate and Wrongfully Terminated Two Muslim Employees For Refusal to Deliver Alcohol Due to Religious Beliefs - PEORIA, Ill. - Star Transport, Inc., a trucking company...more

Social Media and Beyond: California Ushers in New Employment Laws for 2013

K&L Gates LLP on 12/19/2012

The California legislature was particularly busy this past session in enacting new laws that directly affect employers in 2013. The new laws address a wide variety of topics, including social media protections for employees;...more

Kick Us While We’re Down

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 9/12/2012

When it comes to employment law, California is often cast as something similar to a socialist state: the People’s Republic of California. Employers, media commentators and members of a certain prominent political party...more

CA Governor Signs New Law Expanding Protection For Religious Dress And Grooming In The Workplace

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/10/2012

On September 8, 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 1964 to amend Section 12926 of the California Government Code which embodies the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. The...more

Employer Not Required To Accommodate Bus Driver’s No Sunday Work Request, Third Circuit Holds

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/16/2012

In Fouche v. New Jersey Transit, No. 11-3031, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14524, (3rd Cir. July 16, 2012), a bus driver sued his employer under Title VII and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination for refusing to accommodate his...more

Employment Advisory: EEOC Issues New Compliance Guidance on Religious Discrimination in the Workplace in Response to a Dramatic...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 8/11/2008

In July, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new section (Section 12) to its Compliance Manual specifically related to religious discrimination in the workplace. Section 12 includes a...more

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