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[Webinar] Labor & Employment Law Update: 2025 Recap and Insights for 2026 - September 17th, 9:00 am - 11:30 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

White and Williams LLP

Religious Discrimination Claims Expected to Spike

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In the newest episode of The Employment Law Counselor in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Jeff is joined by Tanya Salgado, Partner, to discuss how religious discrimination and religious...more

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De Minimis No More—US Supreme Court Raises the Standard For Denial of a Religious Accommodation in the Workplace

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In a striking break from its recent steady stream of divided opinions, last week the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion making a dramatic change in the level of hardship an employer must show to justify...more

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Supreme Court Rules That “Substantial Burden” Is Required to Establish Undue Hardship for Religious Discrimination Claims Under...

In a unanimous opinion issued last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the standard that employers must use to measure the burden of an employee’s religious accommodation request.  The case is Groff v. DeJoy, No....more

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[Webinar] Panel Discussion - Taking A Stand Against Antisemitism - June 21st, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

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Hate takes on many forms. Hate against Jewish people, known as Antisemitism, continues to skyrocket. The Anti-Defamation League reported a 36% increase in antisemitic events from 2021 to 2022, and FBI statistics show that 63%...more

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Ramadan Mubarak: What Your Muslim Employees Want You to Know

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Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar, is upon us and almost two billion Muslims (roughly 25% of the world’s population) are enjoying a month of fasting and spiritual reflection. Ramadan is the most sacred...more

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EEOC Updates Its Compliance Manual on Discrimination

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Agency updates religious discrimination for first time in over a decade - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated the section of its Compliance Manual on religious discrimination in the workplace....more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: religious discrimination; TUPE; IR35

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Our first update of 2020 outlines key UK employment law developments over the last month. It includes cases on the definition of ‘employee’ under TUPE, the impact of a job evaluation survey in relation to equal pay, direct...more

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K&L Gates Triage: A Discussion of Labor and Employment Issues in the Health Care Industry

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In this episode, Richard Church and Spencer Hamer discuss key takeaways for the health care industry upon certain developments in labor and employment law over the past year. Specifically, this episode provides an overview of...more

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Miami Legal Tropics: Sexual Harassment & Holiday Parties

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In this episode, K&L Gates Miami partner April Boyer and associate Yamilet Hurtado discuss a number of key issues on “How To Keep Your Holiday Party Festive While Still Complying with Employment Laws”. The “most wonderful...more

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North Carolina Hospital Settles Religious Discrimination Claims Over Flu Vaccine Policy

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Many healthcare providers in North Carolina have instituted policies requiring their employees who have patient contact to receive the flu vaccine each year. Such policies will typically include a process by which an employee...more

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Happy Holidays, from Human Resources

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As Thanksgiving 2017 recedes into a memory, Hanukkah is here, Christmas just around the corner, and a strange slow week between a Monday Christmas and following Monday New Year’s Day. It is the season for office holiday...more

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Mandatory Flu Vaccinations? Immunize Yourself Against Religious Discrimination Claims

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You are an HR generalist at a 300-bed community hospital. Your boss has instructed you to make sure that all personnel files document that the employee received the hospital’s annual mandatory flu vaccination. However, you...more

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That is SO last week - August 2015

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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

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