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The EEOC Amplifies its Focus on Religious Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) received 3,721 charges alleging religious discrimination in fiscal year 2013. In partial response to these charges, earlier this month, the EEOC issued new technical assistance publications addressing religious dress and grooming in the workplace under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). Given the … Continue Reading

Pregnant Employees Become the Subject of Heightened Attention and New Legislation

By Jeanine Conley and Laura Scully on February 18, 2014 Posted in Discrimination, EEOC, New Jersey, New York, Reasonable Accommodation

Over the past decade, the number of claims pregnant workers have filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has risen by almost 50 percent, according to the National Women’s Law Center (“NWLC”). Most of these workers assert that their employers denied them reasonable accommodations, such as bathroom breaks, periodic rest breaks, breaks to facilitate … Continue Reading

Thou Shall Accommodate: Funeral Leave as a Religious Accommodation Under Title VII

By BakerHostetler on August 14, 2013 Posted in Leave of Absence, Reasonable Accommodation

Requests for reasonable accommodations are commonplace for employers of qualified individuals with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But a recent case reminds employers that reasonable accommodation of an employee’s religious beliefs and practices is also required, under Title VII. The case also serves as a reminder to carefully consider the circumstances of any … Continue Reading