Supreme Court Miniseries: Religious Accommodation at Work
DE Under 3: New Controversial Proposed Rule Affecting Title VII
California Employment News: Best Practices for Office Holiday Celebrations
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Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off
#WorkforceWednesday: EEOC Enforcement Uptick, New York Limits Private Confidential Settlements, Anti-Harassment Training for Virtual World - Employment Law This Week®
Return to Work: Employer-Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Accommodating Employee Disabilities and Religious Beliefs
#WorkforceWednesday: The Biden EEOC, New Religious Guidance, and Diversity Training Ban Repealed - Employment Law This Week
Vaccines in the time of COVID [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 15]
II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
K&L Gates Triage: Avoiding the Risks Associated with Mandatory Vaccination Programs
Part 1 of 2: My Sit-Down Interview With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
Episode 08: Chat With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
Employment Law This Week®: Sexual Orientation Bias, Religious Discrimination, At-Will Employment Provision, Class Arbitration
Annual Labor & Employment Update 2013
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An in-house attorney recently sued his former employer in a Utah federal district court for discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging he was unlawfully fired after posting social...more
Federal Agency Charges Staffing Agency With Unlawful Refusal to Hire Muslim Applicant Who Asked For Ability to Attend Friday Prayer - SEATTLE – Logic Staffing, a Washington-based staffing and recruiting agency, violated...more
A North Carolina restaurant franchisee has agreed to pay $40,000 and take other corrective measures to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC after being accused of denying a cook’s...more
Settles Federal Agency Charges Restaurant Refused to Honor Religious Accommodation and Fired Employee for Requesting It CHARLOTTE, N.C. –Suncakes NC, LLC, a North Carolina-based company, and Suncakes, LLC, a Texas-based...more
Federal Agency Charged Trucking Companies Discriminated and Retaliated Against a Worker Because of Race and Religion - CLEVELAND – Nationwide automotive hauling and logistics company Wheeler Trucking, doing business as...more
Government Contractor Settles Federal Lawsuit Alleging It Failed to Provide Religious Accommodations and Retaliated against Employee - WASHINGTON – Triple Canopy, Inc. a Reston, Virginia-based company providing protective...more
Trucking Company Allowed Harassment of Former Employee Because of His Race and Religion, Federal Agency Charges - CLEVELAND – Wheeler Trucking violated federal civil rights laws when the company subjected an employee at...more
Federal Agency Charges Muslim Teen Was Harassed, Retaliated Against, and Forced to Quit - ST. LOUIS – National restaurant chain Chipotle violated federal law when a manager at the company’s Lenexa, Kansas location harassed...more
In a July 28, 2023 ruling, the Seventh Circuit has signaled that Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) seeking to enforce pronoun policies can expect to face increased scrutiny. Specifically, the Seventh Circuit vacated its...more
Settles Federal Charges Company Fired Employees for Refusing to Participate in Mandatory Prayer Meetings - GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Aurora Renovations and Developments, LLC, doing business as Aurora Pro Services, a North...more
Government Contractor Refused to Provide Religious Accommodations, and Retaliated against Employee After He Filed an EEOC Charge, Federal Agency Charges - WASHINGTON– Triple Canopy, Inc. (Triple Canopy) a Reston,...more
Restaurant Refused to Honor Accommodation and Fired Employee Because of His Religion, Federal Agency Charges - CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Suncakes, LLC, a Texas-based company doing business as IHOP, violated federal law when it...more
Employees Subjected to Religious Discrimination and Retaliation - DALLAS – Tim Shepherd M.D., P.A. and Bridges Healthcare, P.A., doing business as Shepherd Healthcare, a medical practice in Flower Mound, Texas, will pay...more
On November 17, the EEOC released proposed updates to its Compliance Manual on Religious Discrimination (available here), which is open for public comment for 30 days from its release. These are the first updates to the...more
Federal Court Rejects New York City Police Officer’s Employment Discrimination Action The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted summary judgment to the defendants in an employment...more
Conway, Ark., Grocery Store Fired Two Workers Because of Their Religious Objections to Kroger’s New Dress Code, Federal Agency Charges - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Kroger Company, doing business as Kroger Store No. 625 in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Vaccinations have been widely debated over the past few years, leaving employers unclear about their obligations to accommodate employees whose religious beliefs conflict with them. Recently the U.S. Court...more
Caster Manufacturer Fired Employees Who Opposed Misconduct, Federal Agency Charges - PHILADELPHIA - Service Caster Corporation, one of the largest caster and wheel companies in North America, violated federal law when it...more
Halliburton Supervisors and Co-Workers Harassed Two Muslim Employees, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS - Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $275,000 and furnish significant relief to settle a national...more
This month's key California employment law cases involve EEOC charges, disability discrimination, and meal breaks....more
Last month the U.S. Supreme Court simultaneously resolved a long-running dispute about procedure under Title VII and sent a message to employers that it is important to pay attention and act promptly when faced with a Title...more
Before initiating a lawsuit under Title VII, a complainant must first file a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 180 days of the alleged act of discrimination....more
The Situation: The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") is not a jurisdictional prerequisite to bringing a Title VII lawsuit. The...more
On June 3, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis, resolving a circuit split regarding whether Title VII’s charge-filing requirement with the Equal Employment Opportunity...more
In Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis (U.S. June 3, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) held that the charge-filing requirement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) is not jurisdictional. The case...more