Employer Liability Issues, Religious Discrimination, Religious Expression

New Federal Religious Expression and Accommodations Guidance May Impact Private Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/4/2025

In July 2025, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued two important memos regarding religious accommodations and religious expression in federal workplaces. ...more

Dear Littler: Must we accommodate an employee’s religious views in every instance?

Littler on 8/30/2022

Dear Littler: I’m an HR representative at an advertising agency based in New York City. We have a question about a religiously vocal employee. Recently she has made her opinions on homosexuality known to her entire...more

Dress Code Tips Inspired by JLo and Shakira’s Halftime Performance

FordHarrison on 2/13/2020

Is it just me, or has JLo and Shakira’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl received more attention than the game itself? As with so many other issues these days, we are a country divided. Some believe the performance was...more

UK Court Upholds Dismissal Based on Religious Employee’s Workplace Proselytising

Littler on 6/14/2019

The Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom recently held that the dismissal of a nurse for improperly proselytising at work was fair (Kuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust)....more

Learn How to Avoid Religious Coercion at Night School

FordHarrison on 5/29/2019

In the film Night School, the main character experiences a workplace that mixes religion and the workplace in a way that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) would not approve of....more

Now Something Known As “Onionhead” Is A “Religion” For Which The EEOC Can Bring A Religious Discrimination Suit

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/7/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC religious discrimination case, a federal court found that “Onionhead” was a religion for purposes of Title VII. The court also found that the EEOC did not fail to meet its Title VII pre-suit...more