October 25th 2021
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On Friday, in Demkovich v. St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the ministerial exception applied to a ministerial employee’s hostile work environment claims brought under Title VII and the ADA. The...
In Christian Labor Ass’n v. City of Duluth, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has held that an independent union — along with three businesses and two independent workers — have standing to sue three Minnesota cities and a public...
The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the organizing rights of California farmworkers yesterday, ruling in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 141 S. Ct. 891 (2021) that state regulations issued under the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA) to unions...
May 25, last week, was the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. Professional athletes marked the occasion by advocating for the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, building on the collective political action jumpstarted during last year’s...
An in depth article on this topic by the author, titled "When Harassment at Work is Harassment at Church," is forthcoming in The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Social Change, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (2021). “Ministerial employee of a religious...
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden pledged to undo numerous damaging Trump Administration polices and undertake efforts to bolster workers’ rights. While President Biden has made good on this assurance in several notable ways, his Administration has yet to...
As described in my last post, employers who use algorithmic decision systems (ADSs) in hiring reify past prejudices and systemic discrimination while coating the process in a veneer of objectivity. More troubling, mathematician and social activist Cathy O’Neil...
Employment relationships have long been a central battleground in conflicts over religious freedom. This should not come as a surprise: entering into an employment relationship necessarily entails both employers and employees ceding certain freedoms at the...
Susan, age 49, has a problem at the restaurant where she works. After waiting tables for years, she now faces termination after her boss deemed her and other older women servers “too old” to continue working there. At the same time, management has made no...
Yesterday marked a momentous occasion in the nation's history, as former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were inaugurated president and vice president, respectively. Shortly after their swearing in, President Biden wasted little time carrying out...
As tens of millions of Americans await congressional action on coronavirus relief, talks among lawmakers have hit another snag. Sticking points remain over the extent of federal aid for state and local governments and the nature of lawmakers’ proposed...
The Trump administration has finalized its rule granting broader exemptions to religious institutions under President Obama's executive order forbidding federal contractors from engaging in anti-LGBTQ discrimination. The new rule will go into effect on January 8....