Archive for religious discrimination

Firing Employee for Misconduct and Poor Performance Not Discriminatory, Even if Misconduct Related to Employee’s Religion

Ronald Hittle was the Fire Chief in Stockton, California.  In May 2010, the City received an anonymous letter describing Hittle as a “corrupt, racist, lying, religious fanatic who should not be allowed to continue as the Fire Chief of Stockton.”  It was later revealed that the letter came…

Supreme Court: Employers Must Accommodate Employees’ Religious Practices

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled, in Groff v. DeJoy, that employers have a heightened duty to accommodate their employees’ religious practices.

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Proving Religious Discrimination

On June 1, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch that, for an employee to successfully prove a religious discrimination case, that employee need only prove that his/her need for an accommodation was a “motivating factor” in the employe’s adverse employment decision.  There…