Employment Law This Week: EEOC Enforcement Data, Definition of “Religion,” ACA Class Action, Justice Scalia’s Death
Polsinelli Podcasts - Can Your Employee Wear That to Work? EEOC Updated Guidelines
Earlier this week, D.C.’s Mayor signed two new measures amending the D.C. Human Rights Act (“DCHRA”) to prohibit (1) discrimination against employees of religiously-affiliated educational institutions on the basis of sexual...more
In Yeager v. FirstEnergy Generation Corp., No. 5:14cv-567 (N.D. Ohio June 27, 2014), a plaintiff asserted a religious discrimination claim for refusal to hire. In the complaint, he alleged he was not hired because he refused...more
Company Coerced Participation in Religious Activities and Fired Employees Who Opposed Them, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - A Syosset, N.Y.-based health network violated federal law when it forced employees to take...more
With implications for employers, Court’s decision reinforces that non-mainstream religions also fall within the scope of the Equality Act. On December 11, in R (on the application of Hodkin and another) v Registrar...more
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In 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (RLUIPA), in recognition that "new, small, or unfamiliar churches in particular, are frequently discriminated...more