July 10, 2020
While the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling that federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ employees resolved a closely watched question that had been brewing for years, the justices also devoted time to workplace law issues like religious employers' rights and causation standards in civil rights cases. Here, Law360 looks at five of the high court's most notable employment decisions this term.
July 08, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday took a broad view of a legal doctrine that shields religious employers from anti-discrimination laws, saying the First Amendment bars secular courts from hearing bias suits by two Catholic school teachers because they performed "vital" religious duties.
May 11, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with the scope of a legal doctrine that shields religious employers from anti-discrimination laws, with some justices showing apprehension about secular courts deciding when workers' religious duties are important enough to justify the exemption.
March 11, 2020
A coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general on Wednesday cautioned the U.S. Supreme Court against adopting an expansive view of a legal doctrine that shields religious employers from anti-discrimination laws, saying it would strip countless workers of hard-fought civil rights protections.
December 18, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a pair of petitions asking the justices to clarify when the so-called ministerial exception to federal employment discrimination law bars courts from hearing suits against religious employers.