Dive Brief:
- Employment law played a major role on the United States Supreme Court’s docket this term.
- In seven highly anticipated cases, the Court interpreted federal employment statutes from Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act to FLSA and ERISA, according to an article at The National Law Review.
- Katelyn Keegan, an associate at Schiff Hardin LLP, delivered a synopsis of each of those seven cases and what employers specifically should know about each case.
Dive Insight:
While employers received favorable rulings in some cases, the Court’s decisions regarding religious discrimination and the accommodation of pregnant workers could impact employers’ current practices and policies, Keegan writes. Employers must be able to support "any distinction" between which employees they choose to provide accommodation to with "strong, legitimate, non-discriminatory" reasons.
Employers should review hiring, accommodation and other policies—even those that are "facially neutral"—to ensure compliance with the Court’s recent holdings, according to Keegan. Check the article for a full rundown of all relevant cases.