Religious accommodation cases continue to vex employers. Especially since the rise of COVID-19, employers have had to face a rising tide of employee claims that their religious beliefs entitle them to an exemption from...more
In today's episode, Michael Schmidt addresses one of the biggest challenges employers have faced with mandatory vaccine policies: religious-based accommodation requests. First, Mike summarizes the EEOC's latest update from...more
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
9/15/2015
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Kim Davis ,
Marriage Licenses ,
Public Employees ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Exemption ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship
In a decision that came as no major surprise to Supreme Court watchers, on June 1, 2015, the Court ruled 8-1 in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch that Abercrombie & Fitch violated the civil rights of a Muslim job applicant when it...more
6/3/2015
/ Abercrombie & Fitch ,
Discrimination ,
Dress Codes ,
EEOC v Abercrombie ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Application ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS