My colleagues and I published a detailed breakdown this week over on the Employment Law Letter of the Second Circuit’s new framework for religious accommodation claims under Title VII. The short version: the court has replaced the familiar “notice plus adverse action” prima facie test with a motive-based inquiry drawn from the Supreme Court’s 2015
Over at our sister blog, Employment Law Letter, my colleague Sarah Niemiroski and I have a recap of the important new Supreme Court case. No, not the affirmative action one (we’ll get to that in another post) but the one on religious accommodation, Groff v. DeJoy.
The gist of the decision is that employers
The other day I came across the strange realization that I had not written about anti-Semitism in the 15 years that I’ve been writing this blog.
(I also came across the realization that automatic e-mail links to recent posts had also not been going out properly, if you’re wondering why you’re getting e-mails again now.)
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the “ministerial exception” that bars some employment discrimination claims against religious institutions, also bars such claims by elementary school teachers at private Catholic schools. The case further clarifies an exception that came to prominence back in 2012 and expands the reach of the exception. I noted then
Mary Richards’ job interview with Lou Grant is, perhaps one of the most famous job interviews ever. So says Time magazine.
Before I go on, though, there are probably more than a few of you who don’t know what I’m talking about.
But with the passing of Mary Tyler Moore earlier today here in Connecticut
Yesterday, news came out that Episode 8 (I mean, VIII) of the Star Wars series would be named “The Last Jedi”.
Which reminded me about an article in The New York Times I saw a few weeks ago that I had been meaning to write about.
Turns out there are, according a BBC report
I’m not a fan of click-bait, so if you clicked the headline just to know whether your company can still have a dress code policy after the Supreme Court’s decision in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, the answer is “yes”.
But there’s an important caveat and
The long-awaited EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch case was released by the U.S. Supreme Court this morning, reversing the Tenth Circuit’s decision. You can download it here.
For anyone following the case, the decision shouldn’t come as a big surprise. I’ve talked about the case before here and here.
The main holding of the case
As I hinted at the beginning of the year, I expected topics relating to religion to take front and center this year. And certainly, the events of the first few months have supported that.
Today, I’ll be moderating a community forum at my firm, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, entitled “Gotta Have Faith? Religion in the
UPDATED:
Since the initial post, the CTDOL website has been updated to reflect a change in the law. The post has been updated to reflect these changes.
With all the talk about religious “freedom” this week in the news and the holidays upon us this weekend, I wish I had something more profound to write