Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined an invitation by a group of Washington firefighters to clarify whether the court's landmark 2023 decision in Groff v. DeJoy requires employers accused of illegally denying religious accommodations to show that the workplace adjustments present an actual hardship.

Justices Reject Teacher's Bid To Review Rehab Act's Scope

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's proposed overhaul of how federal employees’ bias complaints are handled drew over 1,700 comments, some of which criticized the potential curtailment of class claims and raised concerns about the proposed revamp’s fairness. Here are five questions that could influence what the final regulation looks like.

A pediatric hospital has agreed to pay $650,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge alleging it illegally fired a worker who sought a religious exemption from providing gender-affirming care to patients under 18, the agency announced Wednesday.

The Second Circuit appeared skeptical Monday of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's push to compel arbitration of a former worker's suit alleging discriminatory harassment, with one judge saying the company is advocating for an "extraordinary understanding" of a 2022 law barring mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims.

EEOC, Security Co. Ink $65K Deal In Religious Bias Probe

A white former Colorado corrections officer urged the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether mandated attendance at a single workplace diversity training that allegedly included discriminatory content is enough to warrant reinstating his race harassment lawsuit. 

Companies that want to increase in-person attendance for their employees must navigate a legal landscape different from the one that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic normalized remote work, experts say. Here are four things that businesses that want to promote in-person or hybrid work need to consider.

Maine's new law imposing pay transparency requirements on employers' advertisements for open jobs took effect, and Illinois' governor signed a bill that enshrines the concept of disparate impact discrimination into state antidiscrimination law. Here, Law360 looks at several state-level legislative developments over the past week that discrimination lawyers should know about.

As 2026 heads into its homestretch, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether its legal test that made it harder for employers to deny religious accommodations needs clarifying, and the Fifth Circuit is poised to rule on whether Congress enacted the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act using unconstitutional voting procedures. Here, Law360 looks at four cases that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in the year's back half.