New Leadership and Priorities for the EEOC - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Remote Work and Religion: New Legal Risks for Employers in 2025 - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Supreme Court Miniseries: Religious Accommodation at Work
DE Under 3: New Controversial Proposed Rule Affecting Title VII
California Employment News: Best Practices for Office Holiday Celebrations
DE Under 3: Employment Poster Requirements & the U.S. DOJ’s First-Ever Criminal Anti-Trust Prosecution
Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off
#WorkforceWednesday: EEOC Enforcement Uptick, New York Limits Private Confidential Settlements, Anti-Harassment Training for Virtual World - Employment Law This Week®
Return to Work: Employer-Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Accommodating Employee Disabilities and Religious Beliefs
#WorkforceWednesday: The Biden EEOC, New Religious Guidance, and Diversity Training Ban Repealed - Employment Law This Week
Vaccines in the time of COVID [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 15]
II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
K&L Gates Triage: Avoiding the Risks Associated with Mandatory Vaccination Programs
Part 1 of 2: My Sit-Down Interview With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
Episode 08: Chat With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
Employment Law This Week®: Sexual Orientation Bias, Religious Discrimination, At-Will Employment Provision, Class Arbitration
Annual Labor & Employment Update 2013
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Kenneth J. Wolfe is the new director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), according to the agency’s website. He assumes the role after Director Ashley Romanias recently stepped down....more
How far can an employer act on what a candidate has posted online, and where do legitimate concerns tip into unlawful discrimination? The Employment Appeal Tribunal’s recent decision in Ngole v Touchstone Leeds brings these...more
Christian Ministry May Decline to Hire Non-Ministerial Employees Who Do Not Share Its Religious Beliefs In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima Wash. v. Brown, 162 F. 4th 1190 (9th Cir. 2026), the court of appeals considered a...more
Join Goldberg Segalla partner Edward Murphy and attorney Nicole Alaimo for a discussion on recent EEOC investigation and litigation trends and departmental focus. This webinar will provide guidance on how to proactively...more
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Agencies Can Levy Monetary Fines Without Going to Court... The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted a case, Sun Valley Orchards v. U.S. Department of Labor, asking whether federal agencies...more
According to the EEOC, religious discrimination charges have increased steadily over the past decade. Post-Groff, the stakes for getting accommodation decisions wrong have never been higher. Whether you’re fielding a request...more
Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc review of a panel decision dismissing a Title VII religious claim filed against a hospital employer. The claim was filed by a plaintiff who was fired after...more
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, many employers received more religious accommodation requests than ever before, with employees citing religious beliefs in support of requests to be excused from mandatory...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) enforcement focus and strategic priorities continue to develop over time. Recent updates and agency activity suggest areas of evolving emphasis, including issues...more
On April 6, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its FY 2027 Agency Performance Plan (APP) and its FY 2025 Agency Performance Report (APR). It also released the litigation report for FY 2025 from...more
Five years after the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, cases involving religious objections to employers’ vaccination requirements are now reaching the federal appellate courts. In the latest round, the U.S. Court of Appeals...more
A recent federal court case heard by Chief Judge Matthew Brann for the Middle District of Pennsylvania provides employers with guidance on how to address an employee’s request for an accommodation based upon a sincerely held...more
On Tuesday March 31st, 2026, a federal judge ordered the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) to comply with a previous request by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) which instructed the university to release...more
Rejecting an applicant because she wears a religious headscarf may prove costly for employers. In its decision on January 29, 2026 (8 AZR 49/25), the Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, “BAG”) held that, in such...more
On March 19, 2026, the DOL launched a new website for its “Center for Faith.” Center for Faith | U.S. Department of Labor The DOL’s Center for Faith was created in response to a February 2025 Executive Order from President...more
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson on March 26, 2026, issued warning letters to four major nonbank financial infrastructure platforms and payment providers, cautioning that denying consumers access to...more
These are nothing short of miraculous. I recently posted about 10 “easy” steps to considering and making reasonable accommodations for disabilities, pregnancy, and pregnancy-related conditions. Before I move off the...more
On March 6, 2026, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a significant decision in Massey v. Borough of Bergenfield, clarifying how discrimination claims brought by majority-group plaintiffs should be analyzed under the...more
The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision offers employers further guidance on manifestation of belief cases. The Legal Framework: Manifestation of Belief After Higgs: In Higgs v. Farmor’s School, the Court of Appeal...more
The Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy transformed how courts and regulators look at religious accommodation requests. The ruling replaced the 50-year standard with a new requirement: employers can deny an...more
“Majority-group” plaintiffs will now have an easier time bringing employment discrimination claims under New Jersey state law. The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals recently tossed out New Jersey’s longstanding heightened...more
Baker Botts and ACC Houston hosted a half-day seminar on January 29, 2026, that featured timely discussions on AI, employment law, and what’s ahead for the workplace....more
In this month’s highlights, our team summarises the latest developments in UK employment law and their implications for employers. Catch up on January’s highlights here. Unfair Dismissal: A Defective Internal Appeal Process...more
An updated implementation timeline and several consultation exercises provide more detail about forthcoming Employment Rights Act reforms; the consultations on fire and rehire and flexible working are most relevant for our...more
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of employers agreed to provide religious-based exemptions from vaccine mandates to employees on the condition that they regularly test for the virus. In some cases, those workers then...more