By Dawn Reddy Solowey

Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday the Supreme Court held oral argument in Groff v. DeJoy, a case in which the Court is considering whether to overturn decades of precedent established by the seminal religious accommodation case, Trans World Airlines Inc., v. Hardison.  Decided in 1977, Hardison is the seminal case establishing that an employer is

Continue Reading Takeaways From SCOTUS Oral Argument in Groff v. Dejoy: Justices Attempt to Find “Common Ground” on Religious Accommodation Test

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: Bart A. Lazar

A company faced with a security breach has a lengthy “to do” list, things to accomplish with respect to its incident response plan. It must, among other things, determine the root cause of the vulnerability or breach, investigate and eliminate the vulnerability or breach, determine the full nature and extent of the breach, determine who to


Continue Reading Union Files NLRB Complaint Regarding the USPS’ Handing of Security Breach Involving Employee Personal Information