Employer Responsibilities, Religious Discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Will expanded freedom of religious expression lead to increased tension in the workplace?

McAfee & Taft on 8/7/2025

On July 28, 2025, the Trump administration issued a memorandum to all heads and acting heads of federal government departments and agencies entitled “Protection Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace.” The memo...more

Religious Accommodations Under Scrutiny

Kerr Russell on 8/6/2025

Six months into the new Trump administration, it is clear that the EEOC is concentrating its efforts on religious discrimination in the workplace. Since President Trump’s inauguration, 25% of the new lawsuits or enforcement...more

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

U.S. Supreme Court Hands Down a Number of Significant Decisions Impacting Employers

Saul Ewing LLP on 7/7/2023

Last week, the Supreme Court issued two significant decisions impacting employers nationwide. The Court’s holding in Groff v. DeJoy requires employers to grant religious accommodations to employees, unless such accommodations...more

Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Adds New Definitions for Sex, Religious Creed, and Race and Adds Protections for Employee...

Clark Hill PLC on 6/27/2023

On June 17, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (“PHRC”) passed new regulations under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (“PHRA”) that will go into effect on Aug. 16. The PHRA prohibits discrimination in employment...more

Supreme Court hears Arguments on Case Poised to Alter Employers’ Religious Accommodation Obligations

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/25/2023

On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a high-profile case seeking to alter employers’ obligations to accommodate workers’ religious observances. Federal law currently requires covered employers to...more

Another Type of COVID Long Haul—Future Discrimination Suits?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/13/2021

We’ve been talking a lot about COVID-19 lately and, in particular, the various regulations and guidance that have come out regarding an employer’s day-to-day responsibilities: Can you require employees to take the vaccine?...more

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