Settlement, Title VII, Religious Discrimination

EEOC Scrutinizes Vaccine Mandates: Continued Rise of Religious Accommodation Claims

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/2/2025

The COVID-19 pandemic brought workplace vaccination policies to the forefront, raising complex questions about religious accommodations. Over four years after the initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, these policies remain...more

Center One and Capital Management Services to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Religious Accommodation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/25/2024

Settles Federal Lawsuit Charging Debt Collector Denied Employee Unpaid Time Off to Observe Religious Holidays, Forcing Him to Quit - Pittsburgh – Center One, LLC, a provider of consumer debt collection services, and...more

Charlotte IHOP to Pay $40,000 in EEOC Religious Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/8/2024

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

Houchens Food Group to Pay $40,000 in EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/28/2024

Federal Agency Charged Grocery Store Failed to Hire Applicant Because of Religion - INDIANAPOLIS – Houchens Food Group, a large owner and operator of retail grocery, convenience and hardware stores and quick service...more

Wheeler Trucking to Pay $65,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/21/2024

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

Passages Family Support to Pay $95,000 to Resolve Religious Discrimination Charge

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/5/2024

EEOC Investigation Finds Clinic Refused to Provide Reasonable Accommodation and Discharged Employee Because of Religious Beliefs - SEATTLE – Passages Family Support, a non-profit organization with a clinic in Spokane,...more

Blackwell Security Services Will Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/1/2024

Security Company Failed to Provide Religious Accommodation for Muslim Employee - CHICAGO – Blackwell Security Services, Inc. will pay $70,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by...more

Trinity Health-Michigan to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/19/2024

Hospital Unlawfully Refused Applicant’s Request for Religious Exemption from Flu Shot Requirement and Rescinded Offer of Employment - GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Trinity Health Grand Rapids, formerly known as Mercy Health St....more

Triple Canopy, Inc. to Pay $110,759 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/28/2023

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

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to Pay $45,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/27/2023

Hospital Settles Claims It Fired Maintenance Assistant for Seeking Exemption to Influenza Vaccine Requirements - ATLANTA – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (CHOA), a pediatric healthcare system in Georgia, will pay...more

Landry’s Restaurant Chain Subsidiary Pays $25,000 to Resolve Religious Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/12/2023

Recently Shuttered Restaurant Settles Allegations That It Failed to Accommodate Its Employee’s Religion and Then Discharged Her - ATLANTA – Del Frisco’s Grille of Atlanta, LLC—which was part of a national restaurant group...more

Aurora Renovations and Developments, LLC Will Pay $50,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/4/2023

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

Inspira Medical Centers to Pay $100,000 to Conciliate EEOC Discrimination Finding

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/31/2023

Hospital and Health Center Operator Found to Have Denied Employees Religious Exemption From Vaccine Mandate, Federal Agency Said - PHILADELPHIA -- Inspira Medical Centers, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, also known as...more

United Airlines to Pay $305,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 11/9/2022

Airline Agrees to Accommodate Buddhist Pilot’s Religious Beliefs - NEW YORK – United Airlines will pay $305,000 to a Buddhist pilot and will provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the...more

Wellpath to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Case

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/2/2022

Health Care Company Denied Religious Accommodation for a Correctional Nurse To Wear a Scrub Skirt, Federal Agency Charged - SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Tennessee-based Wellpath, LLC, a provider of health services in correctional...more

Tampa Bay Delivery Service to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/28/2022

Amazon Delivery Service Provider Fired Christian Employee After He Refused to Work Sundays Due to His Religious Beliefs, Federal Agency Charged - TAMPA – Tampa Bay Delivery Service, LLC, an Amazon delivery service provider...more

Solé Miami to Pay $99,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/9/2021

Resort Hotel Refused to Accommodate Seventh-day Adventist Employee, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI – Noble House Solé, LLC, a resort hotel in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will pay $99,000 to a terminated room attendant who...more

Flower Mound Medical Practice to Pay $375,000 After Judgment in EEOC Title VII Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/12/2021

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

McDonald’s Franchisor Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/19/2020

Orlando Restaurant Refused to Accommodate Religious Practices of Jewish Maintenance Worker Applicant, Federal Agency Charged - ORLANDO, Fla. – Chalfont & Associates Group, Inc., owner of 11 McDonald’s restaurants in the...more

Halliburton to Pay $275,000 to Settle National Origin and Religious Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/9/2019

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

Sleneem Enterprises, LLC To Pay $22,500 To Settle EEOC Religious Accommodation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/18/2017

Company Discharged Employee Because She Requested Religious Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - A Michigan-based franchisee of Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shop will pay $22,500 to settle a religious...more

Kasco to Pay $110,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/22/2017

Butcher Supply Company Fired Muslim Afghan Woman for Complaining About National Origin and Religious Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - ST. LOUIS -- KASCO, LLC, a St. Louis company which manufactures and sells...more

National Tire and Battery to Pay $22,500 to Settle EEOC National Origin / Religious Harassment Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/21/2015

Arab and Muslim Mechanic Was Abused, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - National Tire and Battery (NTB) will pay $22,500 to a former employee to resolve a national origin and religious harassment lawsuit brought by the...more

Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise Pays $40,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/24/2013

Laurinburg Companies Unlawfully Fired Pentecostal Employee for Refusing to Wear Pants, Federal Agency Charged - LAURINBURG, N.C. - Scottish Food Systems, Inc. and Laurinburg KFC Take Home, Inc. will pay $40,000 and...more

California Employment Law Notes - July 2013

Proskauer Rose LLP on 7/12/2013

Employee Must Prove That Illegal Retaliation Was The "But For" Cause Of Adverse Job Action Under Title VII - University of Tex. S.W. Med. Ctr. v. Nassar, 570 U.S. ___, 2013 WL 3155234 (2013) - The United States...more

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