On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced impending COVID-19 vaccine requirements that will apply to federal workers, federal contractors, and private employers with more than 100 employees. If you are
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently updated and expanded its guidance regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and federal anti-discrimination laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Title
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On November 9, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) voted 3-2 to release a proposed update to Section 12 of the EEOC Compliance Manual addressing religious discrimination. Section
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There has been some immediate fallout from the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision has become a lightning rod for several Republican candidates who
Continue Reading Your Employees’ Religious Beliefs Are Not an Excuse for Discrimination
Way back on July 29, 2011 we wrote that an Oklahoma jury had awarded $20,000 in damages to a devout Muslim job applicant refused hiring by Abercrombie & Fitch when
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Discrimination based upon religion is in the news, we said on August 24th, after the EEOC sued a Food Lion store in North Carolina for refusing to accommodate, and firing,
Continue Reading Religious Nazirite With “More Hair Than Solomon” Denied Job: Employer Refused To Take Hair Sample From Beard For Drug Test
The EEOC has just sued a North Carolina fast food franchisee for revoking a job offer to a Seventh-day Adventist because he could not work on Sabbath.
The plaintiff, whose
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Discrimination based upon religion is in the news today after the EEOC just sued a Food Lion store in North Carolina for refusing to accommodate, and firing, an employee who
Continue Reading Accommodate Religious Beliefs: The EEOC Is Watching
The EEOC has just announced a new lawsuit on what has become a familiar topic – the alleged refusal of an employer, an Alabama nursing home, to accommodate a Muslim
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Tattoos, body piercings, dreadlocks – can an employer prohibit such bodily adornments? Can an employer require a “look policy?”
Depends.
We just read about a woman in Edmonton, Canada who
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