The Latest Breaking News from Hardison

Not blockbusters, maybe, but important cases nonetheless

The decision, which interprets Title VII's reasonable accommodation provision (enacted in 1972), applies to private employees as well as government employees.

A very interesting item by Adam Unikowsky, defending the Court's relatively narrow reading in TWA v. Hardison (1977) of the Title VII duty to grant religious exemptions from generally applicable work rules. The Court is now considering reversing that decision in Groff v. DeJoy; James Phillips guest-blogged here last month…

This is the second of two posts explaining my recent article, Ordinary Meaning as Last Resort: The Meaning of "Undue Hardship" in Title VII. In the first post I attempted to show that a comprehensive look at the Court's statutory interpretation cases show that the presumption of ordinary meaning is…

The Supreme Court will hear the case of Groff v. DeJoy In Violation nf The First Amendment in Freedom Of Religion.

Imagine you own a business with a few dozen employees. One, who is Muslim, asks if she can use a meeting room a few times a day for brief prayers – one of the five pillars of Islam. Another, who observes the Jewish Sabbath, says he cannot work on Saturdays.…

The Supreme Court considers the scope of federally required religious accommodations at work.

The appellant, a postal worker, says he was forced from his job because he refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

May the "de minimis" test go the way of Trans World Airlines.