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The Employer Handbook BlogHR told me I was fired for not losing my religion
Well, not me. But, a former employee claimed it happened to him. So, let’s cue R.E.M. and talk about religious expression in the workplace. Continue reading
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An employer that supposedly instructed employees to pray away COVID-19 now must face religious discrimination claims.
Colloquially, today’s topic is “reverse religious discrimination.” But, more accurately, it’s about a claim of “religious nonconformity.”
In plain English, what happens when an employee refuses to comply with their employer’s religion? Continue reading
Must employers excuse workers with strong religious beliefs from respect-in-the-workplace training covering LGBT topics
After taking a few days off and rocking out in Seattle, I’m back to blogging about employment law. 🤘🤘🤘
Today, we pull back the curtain and reveal how the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will address failure-to-accommodate claims under the Supreme Court’s new religious accommodation standard established last year in Groff v. DeJoy. Continue reading
Are we seeing a trend? More judges aren’t falling for spurious COVID-19 religious accommodation claims.
Earlier this week, I wrote about a judge calling out an employee for trying to cast a personal choice to remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 as some deeply religious decision.
Last night, I read another recent opinion from a federal judge who called an employee trying to avoid a mandatory vaccination requirement at his new job on his religious 🐂💩. Continue reading
An employee who wanted religious exception for the COVID-19 vaccine got called on it. Guess what happened next?
I’ll bet nowhere on your HR job description is there anything about serving as the religion police.
The EEOC’s new General Counsel is targeting Antisemitism, Islamophobia. So should you.
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Commission’s newest General Counsel, Karla Gilbride, told reporters that addressing discrimination in American workplaces relating to the Israel-Hamas skirmish is a top priority for 2024. Continue reading
Employers, here are 110,759 reasons why you’re not the religion police.
Since only the real ones are reading the blog this week, I must confess that it would be cool to patrol the office halls with a fake badge I ordered from Amazon to restore order and HR compliance to the workplace.
But policing religion is where I must draw the line. Continue reading
A Tennessee man who claims he was fired from his job over tweets made in California can sue that person in Tennessee
I want to thank my co-presenters, Amy Epstein Gluck, Jonathan Segal, Gregory Slotnick, and everyone who attended the Zoom on Friday, November 10, 2023, when we discussed antisemitism and the workplace. We recorded it, and you can view it here on YouTube. Continue reading
Today, at Noon ET, join us for “Antisemitism and the Workplace” on Zoom. It’s free to attend.
There is still time to register to join me, Amy Epstein Gluck, Jonathan Segal, and Gregory Slotnick at Noon ET today to discuss antisemitism and the workplace. Here are some of the more specific topics we intend to cover. Continue reading
Join us on 11/10/23 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: Antisemitism and the Workplace
Antisemitism is nothing new.
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