According to Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it is illegal for employers to discriminate against employees based on religion. The law also requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees’ religious requirements when work and worship...
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Is it Unlawful to Fire an Employee with a Religious Objection?
Brownsburg High School initially offered an accommodation to a music teacher who raised a religious objection to the use of transgender students’ preferred names and pronouns. When the accommodation, using last names only, did not solve the issue, the school told the...
What Does the New PUMP Act Provision Mean For Employers?
Last year, President Biden signed the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”) into law. The PUMP Act serves to expand existing protections for breastfeeding parents through the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Although some portions of the PUMP Act go into...
EEOC Sues ExxonMobil for Lack of Action on Racially Discriminatory Nooses in Its Workplace
In January 2020, a Black employee at an ExxonMobil chemical plant in Louisiana reported finding a hangman’s noose at his workstation. It was, at the time, the fourth time a noose had been found at the plant. A fifth noose was found that December. According to the...
Are Summer Interns Entitled to Pay?
If you are considering hiring a summer intern, it would be wise to start planning now. Internships can be an invaluable resource for inexperienced workers. They can also provide businesses with a steady stream of future employees who are already familiar with your...
How Does the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Affect My Company?
On June 27th, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) will go into effect. The goal of this Act is to ensure that pregnant workers receive reasonable accommodations for their known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. If...
Does the Free Exercise of Religion Give a License to Discriminate?
A current case before the U.S. Supreme Court, 303 Creative v. Elenis, could have far-reaching consequences for anti-discrimination laws affecting businesses that serve the public. This case arose in Colorado, a state with anti-discrimination laws that prohibit...
CBS NEWS/WJZ Baltimore Reports on Rampant Wage Theft in Maryland
Has your employer ever: Shorted you on a paycheck Bounced a paycheck Kept you on call but never paid you for your on-call time Paid you less than minimum wage Changed your timecard so it appeared you worked fewer hours than you actually did Told you you’re not...
Happy International Women’s Day!
This year's International Women's Day theme is "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality," which focuses on closing gender gaps in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education and employment. This topic is near and dear to our mission...
What to Do When Cupid’s Arrow Strikes at Work
While the purpose of a workplace is to complete goals and tasks for the betterment of a business, friendships and relationships in this environment are inevitable. A recent study by Gettysburg College shows that the average person spends 90,000 hours of their life at...