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New Supreme Court Decision Puts More Pressure on Employers Who Receive a Religious Accommodation Request

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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

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Faith at Work and the New Sacred Balance: Understanding the More Stringent “Undue Hardship” Standard

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Employers evaluating religious accommodations under Title VII are now required to strike a new balance due to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent clarification of what constitutes an “undue hardship.” Employers should promptly...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Employers Evaluating Religious Accommodation Requests

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On June 29, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued a decision clarifying the standard employers must apply in considering an employee’s religious accommodation request under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. In Groff v. DeJoy,...more

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The Supreme Court Clarifies Employer Obligations for Religious Accommodations

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On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court in Groff v. DeJoy clarified employers’ obligations when accommodating an employee’s religious beliefs under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). As a result of this...more

Lerch, Early & Brewer

Employers Face Higher Bar to Deny Religious Accommodation Requests After Unanimous Supreme Court Decision

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Taking on nearly 50 years of precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the standard long applied in determining when employers must grant religious accommodations....more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Upends Religious Accommodation Obligations for Employers

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In Groff v. De Joy, Post Master General, No. 22-174 (June 29, 2023), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upended decades-old precedent that set the standard for undue hardship in the context of an employee's request for a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New Legal Standard for Religious Accommodations Raises Questions Over Non-Economic Impacts of Requests

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy upended long-held assumptions over the legal standard used to review employers’ responses to employees’ requests for religious accommodations under Title VII....more

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

United States Supreme Court Announces New Test for Employers to Demonstrate Undue Hardship to Accommodate Employee’s Religion...

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On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Groff v. Dejoy, in which the Court announced a heightened standard for employers attempting to demonstrate that an employee’s request for religious...more

Williams Mullen

SCOTUS Clarifies Employer’s Undue Hardship Standard for Religious Accommodations

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On June 29, 2023, in Groff v. DeJoy, the Supreme Court of the United States, in a rare unanimous decision written by Justice Samuel Alito, held an employer may deny a religious accommodation request from an employee only if...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Toughens Religious Accommodation Standard Under Title VII

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On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States revisited an employer's obligation to provide religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), heightening the standard employers...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Supreme Court Raises Standard for Denial of Religious Accommodations

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision altering the standard for religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In Groff v. DeJoy, the Court held employers must “show that...more

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Supreme Court Issues Decision Regarding Accommodation of Pregnant Employees

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On March 25, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued an important decision in the case of Young v. UPS, involving a claim of failure to accommodate in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). The PDA, which...more

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