Losing My Religion? 8th Circuit Finds that Freedom of Religion is Not a Justification for Employee Conduct
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/05/25
The past few decades have seen a Supreme Court receptive to claims brought on the basis of freedom of religion. For example, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (June 2014), the Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring employers to cover contraception burdened the religious freedom of the owners of closely held corporations. More recently, in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (June 2021), the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Philadelphia’s refusal to contract with...
By: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,