The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) reached a settlement in a religious discrimination case with a San Diego-based fast food restaurant, where a job applicant was denied employment because of her religious dress practice. A Muslim woman claimed that when she asked if she could wear a headscarf and skirt as part […]
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the closely followed religious discrimination case, EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. The Court found that Abercrombie engaged in religious discrimination when it refused to accommodate a Muslim applicant because she wore a hijab, an Islamic religious headscarf. The high court ruled that under Title […]
Today begins the U.S. Supreme Court’s first week of its “October Term 2014.” The court recently agreed to hear EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. The case involves 17-year-old Samantha Elauf, who applied for a job in 2008 at an Abercrombie Kids store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Elauf wore a hijab, a religious headscarf worn […]
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