By Darien C. Harris and Dawn Reddy Solowey
Seyfarth Synopsis: Gerald Groff was a carrier for the United States Postal Service, but his religious beliefs prohibited him from working on Sundays in observation of the Sabbath. USPS offered to find employees to cover Groff’s shifts, but on more than twenty Sundays no co-worker was available to swap with him. When
Continue Reading Will SCOTUS Stiffen Employers’ Obligation To Accommodate Employees’ Religious Beliefs, Overturning Decades-Old Precedent?By Michael J. Cederoth, Rachel Duboff*, and Erin Dougherty Foley
Seyfarth Synopsis: Accommodation requests continue to vex employers as they attempt to balance an employee’s religious beliefs with the overall needs of the business operations. But try they must.
Notwithstanding the mangled Yoda quote above, as more employees return to in-person work, it is important to remember an
Continue Reading There Is No Try: Elimination of Religious Belief Conflict to Work Obligations Accommodation Must Do …. ( Unless Doing So Would Cause Undue Hardship)
By: Clark Smith
We all know that Title VII prohibits religiously based discrimination. So at first glance it seems an odd result to hear that the Fifth Circuit recently ruled that a nursing home did not violate Title VII when it terminated an aide for refusing to help an elderly resident pray the Rosary, a Catholic prayer practice. But when
Continue Reading Title VII Religion Plaintiffs Must Prove That Employers Know About Religious Beliefs