On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously revised Title VII’s religious accommodation and “undue hardship” analysis — the first decision to address the federal religious accommodation test in decades (Groff v. Dejoy, No. 22–174, (U.S. June 29, 2023)). Generally, Title V...
K. Engle, `The Persistence of Neutrality: the failure of the religious accommodation provision to redeem Title VII' (1997) 76 Texas Law Review 317.The Persistence of Neutrality: the failure of the religious accommodation provision to redeem Title VII - Engle - 1997...
InPart Oneof this two-part bulletin, we explored the expansive meaning of religious beliefs entitled to an accommodation under Title VII and the reluctance of courts to second guess whether a belief is “religious” in nature. Even though the religious nature of a belief may not be an appropr...
The court analyzed the plaintiff's claim underGroff v. DeJoy, 600 U.S. 447 (2023), which clarified the standard for undue hardship in Title VII religious accommodation cases. UnderGroff, an undue hardship is imposed upon an employer if granting the accommodation would result in "substantial in...
of Title VII apply to much more than the big faiths that everyone has heard of, that a person doesn't have to be "scrupulous" in his or her religious practice to be sincere, and that unique beliefs or practices even within a faith or denomination may still be entitled to accommodation....
For purposes of the Title VII accommodation analysis, the EEOC instructs that undue hardship is a burden that imposes more than a “de minimis,” or minimal, cost to the employer. An undue hardship analysis should be an individualized inquiry based on the “particular facts of each situa...
As prayer meetings and spiritual retreats have found a place next to management seminars and planning meetings, employers are being presented with new obligations and challenges associated with religious accommodation and harassment under Title VII. As a result, legal and practical information on how ...
Title VII. With the passage of the Act, the City law now adopts the definition of "undue hardship" found in N.Y. Executive Law § 296(10)(d), stating that, with respect to religious accommodations, undue hardship "means an accommodation requiring significant e...
The predominant reasoning of the appellate courts was quite simple: because the accommodation for non-profits relieves them of any obligation to include contraceptives in their insurance plans, the non-profits are not supporting contraception, and so there is no substantial burden on their religious ...
Title VII also requires the employer to provide reasonable accommodation except in cases where such accommodation results in an undue hardship. Title VII also highlights that employers should not demand that employees participate in or miss out on religious functions as a condition for employment....