Religious Discrimination in Employment

Articles Mark C. Weber, A New Look at Section 504 and the ADA in Special Education Cases, 16 Tex. J. on Civ. Liberties & Civ. Rights 1 (2010). The author argues that children...

Ranking marks 11(th) consecutive year company earns top honor for diversity practices NEWARK, N.J. -- Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) has once again been named a best place to work for its programs...

The First Amendment's ministerial exception bars a wrongful discharge suit brought by a teacher who was fired by a religious school because she was living with her boyfriend, the California Court of Appeal...

HEADNOTE This review of the 2010 career counseling and development research presents the breadth and depth of topics published in the field ranging from children's conceptions of career to employee burnout. The review...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Volunteers play an essential role in providing important charitable services and constitute a vital link to an organization's constituency and the public--enhancing or harming a nonprofit's image and functioning. Using volunteers...

Ulster hopes highly-educated workers will attract foreign investment SAMSON and Goliath, the two gantry cranes that dominate Belfast's skyline, stand as reminders of the city's former shipbuilding glory. The decline of heavy industry...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bad822/encyclopedia_of_ad) has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new book "Encyclopedia of Adolescence, Three-Volume Set" to their offering. The period of adolescence involves growth, adaptation, and dramatic...

A calling, but also an entitlement EMPLOYER'S name? "God." His address? "Heaven." In more self-confident days, that is how Anglicans used to answer pesky bureaucrats demanding particulars of a clergyman's employment. But for...

The Beatles first posed the question: "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?" Today, members of the workforce are adding: "Will you still employ me, when I'm...

After being taken on a turbulent roller-coaster ride by the Supreme Court in the last few sessions, businesses in the Pacific Northwest and across the country are casting a wary eye on Washington...

Do employee referral programs negatively affect diversity in the workplace? If so, what can human resource professionals do about it? Employee referral programs are typically an effective and convenient method of recruitment. The...

HEADNOTE Know how to limit your liability risks when hosting holiday parties Holiday parties are a great chance for employees to come together, reflect on the year's accomplishments and bond as a team....

While President Barack Obama's labor and employment agenda has stalled in the divided Congress, it appears to have gained traction through his executive agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal...

HEADNOTE In this Article, I advance a new frame through which to organize discourse on disability and the law: the notion of ambivalence. I make two claims, one descriptive and one normative. Descriptively,...

Federal, state and city laws all protect employees from workplace discrimination based on religious beliefs and practices, and impose an obligation on employers to provide reasonable accommodations. New York City employers' obligations, however,...

1 Introduction In March of 2011, the U. S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that could have huge ramifications for employers involved in discrimination litigation. Staub v. Proctor Hospital· involved a claim...

Q: To what extent can a retailer enforce rules about the appearance and dress code of their store colleagues? A: Most, if not all, retailers have dress codes to establish standards of appearance....

Eric Porter, The Problem of the Future World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Race Concept at Midcentury (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2010) Barbara Foley, Wrestling with the Left: The...

A Catholic nursing home could not be sued for discrimination by a former employee who claimed that she was harassed and discharged because she wore the religious garb of another faith, the 4th...