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The NLRB’s unjustified expansion of Catholic Bishop is a threat to all employees at religious institutions.

May 24, 2021 Ross Slaughter

Should workers lose the protections of labor law simply because they work for religious organizations? As Jenny explained, the Supreme Court has become increasingly receptive to employers’ religious objections to laws governing the workplace. But at least these claims require employers to point to a specific religious exercise that the law burdens. It is something […]

Religious Employers Win Right to Discriminate Against Transgender Employees

Feb 18, 2021 Jenny Samuels

Should religious employers be able to discriminate against their transgender employees in the provision of health insurance? Recently, in Religious Sisters of Mercy v. Azar, a federal district court in North Dakota answered that question in the affirmative. The court held that this result was required by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), without acknowledging […]

July 9, 2020
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

Yesterday, the Supreme Court released two landmark decisions striking at the heart of federal employment law. In Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, No. 19–431, the Court ruled 7-2 to uphold two Trump administration rules expanding existing religious exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer contraception mandate. Writing for the majority, Justice Clarence […]

June 11, 2020
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

As Mackenzie and Zach discussed earlier this week, responses to recent protests by union leaders have reflected a growing divide within the movement. On Monday, the Writers Guild of America, East joined existing calls by the Flight Attendants and numerous labor-adjacent organizations to expel the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) from the AFL-CIO. In […]

August 12, 2018
News & Commentary

Sejal Singh

U.S. workers’ real wages fell last year, the Labor Department reported Friday, as scant wage gains were wiped out by inflation. Between July 2017 and July 2018, average hourly pay increased 2.7% — but with cost of living increasing by 2.9% in the same period, workers’ purchasing power actually decreased. Workers’ wages have been stagnant since […]

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The NLRB’s unjustified expansion of Catholic Bishop is a threat to all employees at religious institutions.

Religious Employers Win Right to Discriminate Against Transgender Employees

July 9, 2020

June 11, 2020

August 12, 2018