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Tenth Circuit Rejects EEOC Position on Retroactive Accommodation of Performance Issues

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/7/2017

For years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and federal courts have acknowledged that employers do not have to excuse employee disciplinary violations because the employee later attributes such conduct to a...more

Will A Court Think You Are Naughty or Nice This Holiday Season?

Dentons on 12/3/2015

Religious discrimination cases have been all over the headlines in 2015. The most recognizable case involves Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses in protest of the legalization of...more

Supreme Court Ruling Endangers Ignorance Defense

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 9/28/2015

Until now, job application and interview questions that reveal applicants’ protected characteristics have been strongly discouraged. In an economy where dozens of people apply for a vacant job posting, knowing too much about...more

Despite Abercrombie, Fifth Circuit Again Rejects Claim From Employee Fired for Refusing to Read Rosary

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/8/2015

Earlier this year in its Abercrombie decision, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that an employee suing for religious discrimination did not have to demonstrate actual knowledge of an employee’s religious practices to trigger...more

Retailers Should Heed Supreme Court Guidance On Religion

Fisher Phillips on 9/3/2015

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court held that retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch committed religious discrimination by refusing to hire an applicant (EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, read Alert here). The company believed...more

Employment Law - August 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/10/2015

California Sick Leave Law Gets Updates - Why it matters: California's Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act just took effect on July 1 but Governor Jerry Brown has already signed into law tweaks to the statute....more

That is SO last week - August 2015

Zelle LLP on 8/4/2015

Last week, the world mourned Cecil the Lion, and all eyes were on the Minnesota dentist who killed him. The scrutiny of the dentist unearthed, among other things, a sexual harassment complaint lodged against him by a former...more

Supreme Court Expands Religious Discrimination Liability

Maynard Nexsen on 7/31/2015

Most employers know that Title VII prohibits discrimination against applicants or employees based on religion. They also know that Title VII requires employers to provide reasonable, religion-based accommodations to employees...more

Muslim Applicant Can Proceed With Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/30/2015

Samantha Elauf, a practicing Muslim, wore a headscarf when she interviewed for a job with Abercrombie & Fitch. Although the headscarf was not discussed during the interview, the store allegedly decided not to offer Elauf a...more

Abercrombie Resolves Religious Discrimination Case Following Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of EEOC

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/29/2015

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court has granted Abercrombie & Fitch's request to dismiss its appeal of EEOC's successful religious discrimination suit against the company, the federal agency announced today. This represents...more

The Final Resolution of EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision

Weintraub Tobin on 7/22/2015

The EEOC issued a press release on July 20, 2015 announcing that the federal appeals court has dismissed Abercrombie & Fitch’s (“AF”) appeal of the EEOC’s religious discrimination case because AF made the decision to settle...more

Abercrombie Settles Religious Discrimination Case Following Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of EEOC

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/21/2015

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court today dismissed Abercrombie & Fitch's appeal of EEOC's religious discrimination case against the company, the federal agency announced today. This represents the final resolution of EEOC...more

Employment Flash - July 2015

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/17/2015

The July 2015 edition of Employment Flash covers a number of developments, including: the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that job applicants need only show that a religious accommodation was a factor in denying employment to...more

California Employment Law Notes - July 2015

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/17/2015

Employee's Inability To Work For A Particular Supervisor Does Not Constitute A "Disability" - Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Med. Found., 237 Cal. App. 4th 78 (2015) - Michaelin Higgins-Williams worked as a clinical...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Abercrombie In Headscarf Religious Accommodation Case

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 7/7/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the EEOC’s lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., alleging that Abercrombie violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by refusing to hire a Muslim applicant, who wore a...more

A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2014 - 2015 Term

Franczek P.C. on 7/2/2015

During the United States Supreme Court’s 2014-2015 term, the Court departed from the pro-business reputation it had developed in labor and employment cases. This term, employees prevailed more often than not, including in...more

Supremes Say Abercrombie Not So Hip

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 6/30/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court just issued its much-awaited religious discrimination decision in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, 575 U.S. ___ (June 1, 2015) (No. 14-86). Samantha Elauf applied for a job with A&F and was denied the job...more

Employer’s Motive, Not Confirmed Knowledge Of Accommodation Need, Is Basis Of Religious Accommodation Violation

Fenwick & West LLP on 6/26/2015

Federal anti-discrimination laws (“Title VII”) prohibit an employer from refusing to hire a candidate to avoid accommodating a suspected, but unconfirmed religious practice, according to a recent United States Supreme Court...more

Fenwick Employment Brief - June 2015

Fenwick & West LLP on 6/24/2015

Employer’s Motive, Not Confirmed Knowledge Of Accommodation Need, Is Basis Of Religious Accommodation Violation - Federal anti-discrimination laws (“Title VII”) prohibit an employer from refusing to hire a candidate to...more

Five EEOC Initiatives to Monitor on the Agency’s Silver Anniversary

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/23/2015

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) opened its doors on July 2, 1965, exactly one year after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of that act (“Title VII”) prohibits...more

Supreme Court Agrees With EEOC In Regard To Religious Accommodation

Poyner Spruill LLP on 6/23/2015

On June 1, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores in which it held that a job applicant can experience religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act...more

Supreme Court Holds Employers Must Make Religious Accommodations Even Without Actual Knowledge of Need for Accommodation

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/19/2015

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits employers from, among other things, refusing to hire an applicant because of his or her religion or religious practice. As a general rule, employers must...more

U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch: It’s All About the Motive

Stoel Rives LLP on 6/19/2015

In a case Justice Antonin Scalia described as “really easy,” the Supreme Court held that an employer can be liable for failing to accommodate a religious practice even if the employer lacks actual knowledge of a need for an...more

Religious Institutions: June 2015

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/18/2015

Religious institutions commonly make payments to or receive payments directly or indirectly from governmental agencies for services rendered; e.g., day cares that benefit from public scholarships, hospitals that participate...more

Gavel to Gavel: Faith and consequences

McAfee & Taft on 6/17/2015

Last week’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on religious discrimination, EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc., may have the unintended effect of an increase in religious stereotyping in the workplace. The lawsuit...more

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