Correction: Mass. Appeals Court Revives Fired Employee’s Religious Claim Over Vaccine Refusal September 30, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A surgical technician who was fired in 2021 after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons can pursue...
Maine Lawmakers Thwart Move to Allow Mennonites to Self-Insure May 19, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Maine lawmakers last week rejected a measure that would have permitted followers of the Mennonite religion to self-insure for motor...
Maine Weighs What to Do When Religion Collides With Auto Insurance May 13, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Maine lawmakers today are expected to consider a measure that would allow followers of the Mennonite religion to self-insure for...
Health Aide Fired for Not Getting Vaccinated Entitled to Unemployment Benefits March 7, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson An employee who was terminated because she would not comply with a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for religious reasons is entitled...
Virginia Security Firm Settles Religious Discrimination Claim Over Employee’s Beard December 29, 2023 Triple Canopy, Inc. a Reston, Virginia-based company that provides protective services to federal agencies, will pay a former employee $110,759...
Supreme Court Buoys Religious Employees Who Seek Accommodations at Work June 29, 2023 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday bolstered the ability of employees to obtain accommodations at work for their religious practices,...
Supreme Court Tackles Religious Bias Claim Against Postal Service April 18, 2023 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear an evangelical Christian former mail carrier’s claim of religious discrimination...
Pennsylvania Mail Carrier Case Tests ‘Reasonable Accommodation’ for Religion January 18, 2023 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier in Pennsylvania...
High Court Takes 8 New Cases, 1 About a Religious Mailman January 17, 2023 By Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider what employers must do to accommodate religious employees, among eight new cases...
United Airlines to Pay Buddhist Pilot $305K to Settle Religious Discrimination Claim November 18, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson United Airlines will pay $305,000 to a Buddhist pilot and will provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit...