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Founders’ First Freedom urges Supreme Court to Restore Title VII Workplace Religious Accommodation Standard

Posted on August 5, 2020August 6, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Today, Founders’ First Freedom, Inc. filed an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to revisit and restore the workplace religious accommodation standard found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Decision a Victory for Religious Accommodation

Posted on June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 by Michael Peabody

The Supreme Court ruled that a prospective employer’s perceived need to accommodate religious beliefs as a “motivating factor” not to hire violates Title VII.

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Liberty Institute Files EEOC Charge of Discrimination on Behalf of Dr. Eric Walsh

Posted on September 29, 2014September 29, 2014 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

ATLANTA, GA, September 23, 2014—Today, Liberty Institute and Parks, Chesin & Walbert, attorneys for Dr. Eric Walsh, a leading public health expert, who holds both a medical degree and Ph.D. and serves as lay minister with the Seventh Day Adventist Church, filed an official charge of discrimination with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Georgia Department of Health offered Dr. Walsh a job in May, which he accepted, announced his employment publicly, but then top officials laughed about their decision to terminate his position as Director of Public Health for the region of northeast Georgia based upon Dr. Walsh’s religious beliefs.

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California Governor to sign workplace religious dress and grooming bill

Posted on September 8, 2012September 8, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign workplace religious accommodation legislation this weekend. AB 1964 will amend Section 12940 of the Government Code, which prevents employers from discrimination based on a person’s religious belief or observance. The existing code reads, “Religious belief or observance, as used in this section, includes, but is not limited…

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New York City Council Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act (Sikhsayaset.net)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: The law, called the “Workplace Religious Freedom Act” by supporters, changes the legal standard by which courts review claims of religious workplace discrimination by public and private city employees. Under current city law, employers are required to make ?reasonable accommodations’ for the religious practices of their employees. However, employers can bypass this requirement by…

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When work and religion collide

Posted on July 21, 2009July 21, 2009 by Jim Evans

Because religious beliefs are protected and there is a more diverse workforce, religious accommodation issues have increased. This article was written by originally published in the July 19, 2009 Zanesville TimesRecorder and is reprinted here with the permission of the author. By Jim Evans This is not your father’s workplace. A snapshot of today’s workforce looks dramatically…

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California Supreme Court to Decide A Case Where Medical Rights v. Workplace Religious Freedom

Posted on June 19, 2008December 23, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Soon after issuing its opinion that gay marriage cannot be prohibited under the Constitution, the California Supreme Court is about to issue a ruling in a case where a physician declined to provide fertilization services on a lesbian (unmarried) couple, but referred them to another clinic that did provide the service on the basis that…

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