Slate reports that the creator of “a Noah’s Ark–themed creationist amusement park” in Kentucky – an “Ark park” — (the same person who created the Creation Museum) has instituted a
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Pentecostal Christian Cashier May Wear A Skirt Even If Contrary To Burger King Policy
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A Burger King franchisee in Texas has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a case brought by the EEOC in which it alleged that a Pentecostal Christian cashier was fired…
German Court Rules In Favor Of Applicant Who Refused to Remove Religious Headscarf
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Religion and the workplace is a big topic these days on both sides of the Atlantic, with the issue of religious liberty in the workplace bedeviling the courts. In the…
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Does Freedom To Choose An Arbitrator Include Freedom To Choose Her Religion?
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A UK case headed to the European Court of Justice involves an arbitration provision between two businessmen that requires that arbitration of all disputes be conducted only before an Ismaili…
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British Government Argues That An Employee’s Ability To Resign Guarantees Freedom of Religion In The Workplace
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In one of the most significant cases coming before the European Court of Human Rights out of the UK, the government’s Queens Counsel argued that that an employee’s ability to…
California Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 To Protect Religious Dress and Grooming
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We have lit up the blogosphere lately with our entries about accommodating employees under Title VII who are required to wear religious dress or adornments, and with our litany of…
European Court of Human Rights To Hear Cases of Religious Liberty in The UK
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Religion and the workplace is a big topic these days. We have recently written a lot about employers’ need to accommodate the right of religious employees to wear religion-required clothes, tattoos…
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One More Time and Louder: When Will Employers Learn The Law Regarding Religious Dress?
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May we remind readers of our blog of August 14th wherein we talked about a lawsuit just filed by a Muslim hotel restaurant hostess at Disneyland claiming to have been…
Afghan Americans Receive $400,000 After Manager Calls Them “Terrorists”
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On April 29, 2012 we discussed the increase in the number of Muslims filing charges and lawsuits alleging employment discrimination on the basis of religion, and noted the statistics and…
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When Will Employers Learn The Law Regarding Religious Dress?
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Cases involving the same or similar fact situations keep coming, leading one to believe that employers have no clue as to the law, and/or that they have no HR directors…
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