American Society for Yad Vashem v. Donna Yasmin Lavy
A nonprofit's association with a religiously affiliated cause does not establish religious status under employment law, and the ministerial…
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90 articlesValerie Kloosterman v. University of Michigan Health-West
A hospital cannot demand arbitration after already engaging in substantial litigation and seeking dismissal on the merits; the hospital waiv…
Troogstad v. City of Chicago
Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate how a COVID-19 vaccine mandate burdened their specific religious practices under the Free Exercise Clause o…
Kentucky v. Old Order Swartzentruber Amish
The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld criminal convictions of Amish members who refused to display orange triangles on horse-drawn buggies, appl…
Vance v. Ball State University
An employee is a supervisor for purposes of vicarious liability under Title VII only if empowered by the employer to take tangible employmen…
Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius
The Court will determine whether employers with religious objections to certain forms of birth control should be exempted from the Affordabl…
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether employers must provide insurance covering emergency contraception required by the Aff…
Opoku-Boateng v. State of California
The Ninth Circuit ruled that an employer must make a genuine effort to accommodate an employee's religious observance when the employee refu…
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida
Religious conviction that develops after employment begins is entitled to free exercise protection in unemployment benefits disputes.
Lester v. Butler
A Seventh-day Adventist who was terminated for refusing to work on Saturdays is entitled to unemployment benefits because the denial of bene…