By Erin Dougherty Foley and Grace Nickels
Seyfarth Synopsis: New decision from the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII’s requirement that plaintiffs file with the EEOC or other state agencies is a non-jurisdictional claim-processing rule, which means it can be forfeited if a defendant waits too long to raise the objection.
On June 3, 2019,
By: Dawn Solowey and Lynn Kappelman
Most employers are aware of the need to consider accommodation of employees’ sincere religious beliefs that conflict with a workplace requirement. We have previously published a Roadmap for handling such requests for religious accommodation.
But what should the employer do when a supervisor’s religious beliefs impose the risks of