The EEOC takes religious accommodation cases very seriously when it comes to "dress code violations," and employers are oftentimes losing on the "undue hardship" defense.
Tatoos: In 2005, the EEOC brought suit against Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. The EEOC alleged in its suit that Red Robin refused to offer
The question of "what is religion?" has been litigated extensively. What do you think about these groups? Rastafarian, Wiccan, Church of Marijuana, Voodoo, Atheism, Ethical Culture Society, Church of Body Modification?
According to the EEOC Technical Assistance Training Seminar I attended last week in Pasadena, "religion" is defined as follows:
A sincere and meaningful
Yesterday, a fellow employment law blogger, Jon Hyman of the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog, made an interesting post. Sexual orientation discrimination by an employer is still legal in Ohio, so some creative plaintiff’s lawyers in Ohio have argued that the employers’ actions constituted religious discrimination because the plaintiff employees’ lifestyles did not comport with
What is “religion”? May an employer question the sincerity of an employee’s alleged religious beliefs? The U.S. Supreme Court has defined "religious belief" as a belief that is: "religious" in the employee’s own scheme of things and sincerely held by the employee. Thus, the law’s protection extends beyond "traditional" religions.
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