Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether the ministerial exception bars a teacher at a Catholic school from suing for age discrimination.
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Topic: Workplace Accommodation
St. James School v. Biel
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether the ministerial exception bars a teacher at a Catholic school from suing for employment discrimination under the Americans…
Hodges v. Gloria
Government officials may dismiss or refuse to appoint volunteers for statements that would normally receive First Amendment protection if a commonality of political purpose is…
Lillian Ladele v. Islington Council
A marriage registrar was discriminated against on grounds of religious beliefs and harassed when required to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.
Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook
Case addressing religious accommodation in employment.
Miller v. New York State Department of Labor
United States v. Essex County, New Jersey
The Department of Justice filed suit alleging Essex County discriminated against a Muslim corrections officer by refusing to accommodate her religiously mandated headscarf in violation…
Bollard v. California Province of the Society of Jesus
A ministerial exception to statutory employment requirements protects religious organizations' employment decisions regarding their ministers from government intrusion.
Rosas v. Corp. of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle
The ministerial exception bars employment discrimination claims by seminarians against the Catholic Church for overtime wage violations under Title VII and Washington's Minimum Wage Act.
Jeffrey Reed v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a UAW policy requiring employees who objected to joining labor unions on religious grounds to pay…