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
As I continue to take some time off, I thought I’d bring up this post from 2011 discussing both holidays which often overlap. Happy Passover and Easter to all who celebrate.
With Passover and Easter coming up this week, it seems timely to revisit the laws regarding religious discrimination and accommodation.
Fortunately for you (and
As I get closer to the five year anniversary of this blog next month, I continue to take a look again at topics I covered early on. One of those topics was the oft-overlooked statute of Conn. Gen. Stat. 53-303e. That statute purports to make it a crime for employers to require employees to
With Passover and Easter coming up this week, it seems timely to revisit the laws regarding religious discrimination and accommodation.
Fortunately for you (and me), the Employment & Labor Insider just posted a terrific piece on the subject. Among the issues that the post flagsis the common situation of an employer who tries to
Yesterday, I started recapping some stories from 2008 that never quite made it into full-fledged blog posts, but were worth a look at.
Before we move on to new subjects for the new year, I’ll recap a few more stories that are worth taking a look at that you might have missed.
The Jewish holidays starting tonight encourage reflection. So, it seems particularly appropriate to do some quick updates on earlier posts:
The EEOC today released a new compliance manual section on religious discrimination in the workplace. A press release from the EEOC is available here while you can download the actual section directly here.
What is useful about the compliance manual section, according to the EEOC, is that it "includes a comprehensive review of the relevant provisions
Sometimes, you come across old laws that are still on the books that make you go, "Hmmmm." With the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur coming up this weekend , Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 53-303e which purports to address religious discrimination and make it a crime, is one of those laws.
When I first came across it, I