Day Pitney remains committed to providing quality legal counsel, while protecting our clients and employees, and transforming our communities into more just, equal and equitable spaces. For more information, please visit our COVID-19 Resource Center | Racial Justice and Equity Task Force.
On March 6, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released additional guidance on religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), with a special focus on issues of religious garb and grooming in the workplace. The guidance reminds employers that in most circumstances Title VII requires employers to make exceptions to their usual workplace policies to permit applicants and employees to observe their religious dress and religious grooming practices. Employers must consider accommodating an employee's request to wear religious garb or engage in religious grooming practices unless the accommodation would cause the employer undue hardship. Furthermore, the EEOC considers undue hardship as a "more than de minimis" cost or burden on the employer.
The EEOC guidance specifically provides the following:
On May 6, Day Pitney and the Association of Corporate Counsel-Northeast Chapter are hosting a webinar, "Managing the Workplace in Wake of COVID-19."
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The Connecticut Law Tribune interviewed top attorneys, including Day Pitney Partner and Executive Board Member Glenn Dowd, about Big Law continuing to come up with new safety protocols and procedures in how to safely deal with opening its offices.
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Day Pitney Managing Partner Thomas Goldberg was quoted in Hartford Business Journal article, "Hartford law firms see spike in COVID-19-related business."
Daniel Schwartz was quoted in Hunt Scanlon Media article, "Defending Against the Cancel Culture from the Inside Out."
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