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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

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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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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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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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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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Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: August 2016

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Contrary to the EEOC’s position that sexual orientation discrimination is protected by Title VII’s prohibition on gender discrimination, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held last week that existing law does not support...more

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Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: July 2016 #5

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Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm. Last week, several blogs discussed what employers can do to limit the effect of the game on the workplace. HR Morning advised looking at information technology and social media...more

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Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: May 2016

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The Department of Labor announced in 2015 that it would issue regulations setting $50,440 as the salary below which eligibility for overtime would be presumed. Employer organizations were quick to criticize that salary...more

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Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: January 2016 #2

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Last week, a California judge made news when he threw out a $7.1million jury verdict. The verdict had been handed down in the high-profile age and disability discrimination suit brought by the well-known sports curmudgeon...more

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Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: December 2015 #4

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Last week was a big one for the EEOC. Among other things, the agency initiated a lawsuit against McDonald’s Corporate and a Missouri franchisee because the franchisee refused to provide a deaf applicant a sign language...more

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That is SO last week - October 2015 #4

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Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued its summary decision in Triple Play Sports Bar and Grille. Affirming the National Labor Relations Board, the Court held that an employee’s Facebook comments about working...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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Supreme Court Sides with EEOC in Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Case

On Monday, June 1, 2015, the United States Supreme Court reversed a judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit which had granted Abercrombie & Fitch (“Abercrombie”) summary judgment in a religious...more

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Supreme Court: Motive Matters in Hiring Decisions

Last week, in EEOC. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., the Supreme Court addressed religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The background of the case dates to 2008. A young woman...more

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What Matters is Motive: Religious Accommodation Need as a "Motivating Factor" in Employment Decisions

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. resulted in an expected outcome but provided an unexpectedly small amount of practical guidance for employers. ...more

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