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Dawn Reddy Solowey

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A Unanimous Supreme Court Rules on Undue Hardship in Religious Accommodation: De Minimis Is Out, “Substantial Increased Costs” Is...

Seyfarth Synopsis: A unanimous Supreme Court has issued its decision in Groff v. Dejoy, clarifying Title VII’s undue hardship standard to mean “substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular...more

6/30/2023  /  Civil Rights Act , De Minimus Doctrine , Employer Liability Issues , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , Groff v DeJoy , Religious Accommodation , Religious Discrimination , SCOTUS , Title VII , Undue Hardship

Takeaways From SCOTUS Oral Argument In Groff V. Dejoy: Justices Attempt To Find “Common Ground” On Religious Accommodation Test

Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday the Supreme Court held oral argument in Groff v. DeJoy, a case in which the Court is considering whether to overturn decades of precedent established by the seminal religious accommodation case,...more

4/19/2023  /  Oral Argument , Reasonable Accommodation , Religious Accommodation , Religious Beliefs , SCOTUS , Title VII , Undue Hardship

Arguments for SCOTUS to Preserve and Clarify Hardison now in Play as the U.S. Postal Service and its Amici Supporters Fire Back

Seyfarth Synopsis: A Third Circuit ruling against a former United States Postal Service employee’s Title VII religious discrimination claim is under review at the Supreme Court in Groff v. DeJoy. Petitioner’s brief urged the...more

4/10/2023  /  Reasonable Accommodation , Religious Accommodation , Religious Discrimination , SCOTUS , Title VII , Undue Hardship , USPS

With SCOTUS Poised to Redefine Title VII’s Religious Accommodation Test, Republican Powerbrokers and Religious Coalitions Chime In

Seyfarth Synopsis: As of February 28, 2023, diverse coalitions – including a host of Republican Congressmen and 22 state Attorneys General – have filed nearly thirty amicus briefs urging the United States Supreme Court to...more

3/7/2023  /  Employer Liability Issues , Religious Accommodation , Religious Discrimination , SCOTUS , Title VII

Will SCOTUS Stiffen Employers’ Obligation To Accommodate Employees’ Religious Beliefs, Overturning Decades-Old Precedent?

Seyfarth Synopsis: Gerald Groff was a carrier for the United States Postal Service, but his religious beliefs prohibited him from working on Sundays in observation of the Sabbath. USPS offered to find employees to cover...more

2/9/2023  /  Employer Liability Issues , Religious Accommodation , Religious Discrimination , SCOTUS , Title VII

Wait, I Thought We Couldn’t Ask About Religion in Hiring? The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Ruling in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch

It’s the decision the employment bar has been waiting for: on June 1, 2015, in a 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the EEOC in the religious discrimination case of EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., which...more

6/3/2015  /  Abercrombie & Fitch , Disparate Impact , Disparate Treatment , EEOC v Abercrombie , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , Hiring & Firing , Reasonable Accommodation , Religious Discrimination , SCOTUS , Title VII
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