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A North Carolina restaurant franchisee has agreed to pay $40,000 and take other corrective measures to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC after being accused of denying a cook’s...more
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), the newest member of the family of federal anti-discrimination laws, is almost one year old! Instead of inviting employers over for cake and photo ops, after one year of accepting...more
When consulting with employers regarding employee accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act, we frequently hear concerns that granting a requested accommodation will likely result in coworkers making...more
Applying the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, which clarified the standard for undue hardship in religious accommodation cases under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a federal district court in Indiana...more
While diversity enriches the workplace, it can also present challenges for employers striving to create inclusive environments that accommodate everyone’s perspectives. In Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp., a federal...more
On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced its Final Rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which went into effect in June 2023. Unless it is blocked by legal...more
On April 15, the EEOC issued its final regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a law that became effective on June 27, 2023. The regulations will take effect on June 18, 2024....more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) issued its much-awaited final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) on April 15, 2024. The PWFA requires employers to provide pregnant workers or...more
As we previously wrote when the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect in June 2023, the law requires most employers with 15 or more employees to provide “reasonable accommodations” for a qualified employee’s...more
On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final rule interpreting and providing guidance on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)....more
On April 19, 2024, the EEOC published in the Federal Register its 125-page final rule implementing the PWFA. The final rule will take effect on June 18, 2024....more
Our Labor & Employment Group provides the key takeaways from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act....more
When reviewing requests for accommodation from sick or injured workers, employers often focus on whether the requested accommodation is reasonable or whether it imposes an undue hardship on the company. ...more
Chutzpah is a Yiddish word derived from the Aramaic ḥuṣpāh. It means impudence, gall, and an audacious disregard for rules. In the world of employment law, it can aptly describe employees who try to get what they want...more
On January 25, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) motion to dismiss plaintiff Donald Glover’s complaint in Donald Glover v. The Children’s...more
Federal laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), Rehabilitation Act, and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), and similar state laws require certain employers to provide reasonable accommodations for...more
On September 25 a federal court in New York dismissed a lawsuit accusing an employer of failing to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs as a member of the “Temple of the Healing Spirits” located in “Deland city,...more
Hair. In some religions it is considered a sacred gift from God that should not be cut. In other religions, it must be styled, covered, or cut in particular ways. These religious practices may result in employees’ requesting...more
The recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires covered employers (i.e., public or private employers with more than 15 employees) to provide reasonable accommodations to “qualified” employees or candidates...more
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, went into effect on June 27, 2023. The EEOC has started to accept PWFA charges and has issued guidance and resources to help employers...more
Consider this: an employee refuses to accept Sunday shifts because, under his religion, that day is devoted to worship and rest. Is his employer legally required to accommodate him? For decades, the answer was easy....more
In its recent en banc opinion in Hamilton v. Dallas County, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned nearly 30 years of precedent that required Title VII plaintiffs to allege that they had been subjected to...more
On June 29, 2023, in a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in Groff v. DeJoy Postmaster General, clarifying an employer’s obligations to accommodate employees’ religious practices....more
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) was passed as part of the December 29, 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, a new federal law that went into effect on June 27, 2023. This federal legislation requires covered...more
In the Public Interest is excited to continue our miniseries examining landmark decisions recently issued by the United States Supreme Court. The fourth episode examines the Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, a case centered...more