How much burden must a company demonstrate before it is relieved of the obligation to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs in the workplace under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? On June 29, 2023, the Supreme...more
7/10/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
De Minimus Doctrine ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Groff v DeJoy ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII ,
Undue Burden ,
Undue Hardship ,
USPS
Our new series, Employment Law Legends, examines pivotal employment law cases—from the history behind them to their lasting impact. In the first episode of the series, Paul Rinnan discusses West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, a case...more
5/9/2019
/ Appeals ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hotels ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
Reversal ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trial Court Orders ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
Maintaining a company anti-harassment policy on a bulletin board and website is not enough to avoid liability for sexual discrimination according to a recent decision. On July 20, 2016, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...more
7/29/2016
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Appeals ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Employee Training ,
Faragher/Ellerth defense ,
Posting Requirements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII