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Report Link Holy Cow! Religious Discrimination Claims Are On the RiseVedder Price - July 24, 2009 Religious discrimination claims have steadily increased over the past 15 years. Report Link EEOC Issues New Guidance on Religious Discrimination.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - October 03, 2008 In light of the ever-expanding number of religious discrimination complaints arising in workplaces across the country, the EEOC recently issued a new set of guidelines to assist employers in this area. The revised portion of its employment compliance manual provides an overview of religious discrimination law, and offers "best practices" for employers to avoid discrimination charges. Every employer should be familiar with this comprehensive publication, but don't worry if you don't have time to slog through 73 pages of material – we've done it for you. Report Link EEOC Issues New Compliance Assistance on Religious Discrimination.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - August 11, 2008 On July 22, 2008, "[i]n response to an increase in charges of religious discrimination, increased religious diversity in the United States, and requests for guidance from stakeholders and agency personnel investigating and litigating claims of religious discrimination," the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new Compliance Manual section regarding religious discrimination in the workplace. The new section does not reflect a drastic change in EEOC policies, but is more comprehensive and user-friendly than the prior version. The section covers five major legal topics: coverage issues, disparate treatment analysis, harassment analysis, reasonable accommodation analysis, and related forms of discrimination. Report Link Dealership Update: Religious Discrimination: Just How Different Is it?Fisher & Phillips, LLP - August 06, 2008 Many employers assume – incorrectly – that they can avoid all discrimination claims by simply treating everyone exactly the same and making no exceptions. While that approach will keep you out of most discrimination problems, it can still result in claims of religious discrimination. Here's why. Report Link EEOC Issues New Compliance Manual On Religious Discrimination.Barker Olmsted & Barnier - August 06, 2008 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new Compliance Manual Section regarding workplace discrimination on the basis of religion (http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/religion.html) on July 22, 2008. Report Link That Old Time Religion.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - October 04, 2007 While employers stay focused on profits and maintaining a competitive edge in today’s marketplace, religion has begun playing a major role in employee relations. Title VII recognizes the important role that religious freedom plays in our society and its protection goes beyond mere negative restrictions to impose an affirmative obligation to reasonably accommodate religious beliefs. Report Link You Can’t Make Me Sell That!Fisher & Phillips, LLP - September 07, 2007 Companies today are being faced with a surge of employees who are conscientious objectors to some part of the employer's business on the basis of their religion. Stories range from taxi drivers refusing to transport customers who are carrying liquor to cashiers refusing to service customers purchasing pork. Report Link Ban On Religious-Based Employee Group Upheld (pdf).Ogletree Deakins - February 21, 2006 A federal appellate court recently
held that an employer’s decision to ban
religious-based employee groups did
not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. According to the court, the
employer’s policy “treats all religious
positions alike – it excludes them all
from serving as the basis of a companyrecognized
affinity group.” Moranski v.
General Motors Corp., No. 05-1803,
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (December
29, 2005). Report Link Federal Court Upholds Firing of Employee Who Posted Bible Verses to Protest Diversity Program.Jackson Lewis LLP - January 15, 2004 In an unusual case involving allegations of religious discrimination, an employer did not act unlawfully when it discharged an employee after unsuccessfully counseling him about the impropriety of posting Bible verses denouncing homosexuality at his work station.
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