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MA Federal Court Issues Favorable Ruling for Employers in Case Involving COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate and Request for Religious...

Bowditch & Dewey on 8/2/2023

On July 20, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed an employee’s Title VII lawsuit, by which she challenged her employer’s denial of her request for religious exemption from a...more

EEOC Sues Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for Religious Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/19/2022

Children’s Hospital Fired Maintenance Assistant for Seeking Exemption to Influenza Vaccine Requirements, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), a pediatric healthcare system in Georgia,...more

OFCCP Week In Review: November 2021

DirectEmployers Association on 11/2/2021

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Objections to COVID-Testing and Asking Vax Status Up Front: Best Practices

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 10/27/2021

Employers are being inundated with employee requests for exemptions, not just from mandatory vaccination policies, but also from policies requiring regular COVID-19 testing. How do employers square their duty to provide a...more

OFCCP Week In Review: December 2020 #2

DirectEmployers Association on 12/14/2020

5th Circuit Says No, Employer Not Liable for Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, or First Amendment Violations in Employee...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/31/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: Vaccinations have been widely debated over the past few years, leaving employers unclear about their obligations to accommodate employees whose religious beliefs conflict with them. Recently the U.S. Court...more

Religious Employer Prevails Over Allegations That It Waived Religious Entity Exemption From FEHA

Weintraub Tobin on 12/23/2019

In 2018, this author blogged about how religious entities can navigate the potential traps when they seek to comply with the federal laws against anti-harassment, discrimination and retaliation laws by adopting handbook...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: March 2019

Payne & Fears on 5/2/2019

This month’s key employment law cases address the religious organization exemption under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and arbitration agreements....more

Memorial Healthcare Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/15/2018

Hospital Rescinded Job Offer Because of Applicant's Need for Religious Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today that a...more

Employer Vaccine Programs: A Case Where Religion is NOT a Factor

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 1/26/2018

This year flu season came early and with a vengeance. As we mentioned in our October post, The Rise of Employee Religious Discrimination Claims, mandatory flu vaccines present a common pitfall for employers. As employers seek...more

Mission Hospital Agrees to Pay $89,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/15/2018

Asheville Hospital Fired Employees for Declining Flu Vaccination, Federal Agency Charged - ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Mission Hospital, Inc., a North Carolina corporation based in Asheville and the main hospital of Mission Health...more

Lessons Employers Can Learn from Kentucky Clerk’s Same-Sex Marriage License Dispute

Cozen O'Connor on 9/15/2015

Almost every day the news carries an additional story about Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who has defied the Supreme Court by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The Kim Davis story may be...more

Spiritual Director Doesn't Have a Prayer When it Comes to Her Discrimination and Termination Claims

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 2/24/2015

Religious employers can rejoice once again, as yet another court upholds the ministerial exception and dismisses an employee's discrimination and termination claims....more

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