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Bob seeks reasonable accommodation for a religious practice unique to the Heavenly Masters religion. Bob’s employer has never heard of such a religion. In order to determine whether Bob’s demand for accommodation is truly based on religion, his employer must determine whether Bob’s: 

Claims of publication in a false light are not waived by an employee even if the employee publishes the information or willingly or knowingly permits it to be published.

Mary is a cashier at Furry Cougar, a large chain of department stores. During the holiday season, she regularly works 60 hours per week. Which of the following holds most true in this case?

An employer is legally permitted to help a particular candidate get elected to a union office.

Title VII defines sexual orientation to be a particular type of gender discrimination and therefore a protected category.

Lucy works for a religious bookstore. She had an abortion when she was 16. Mary, a co-worker, discovers this fact from a chance meeting with one of Lucy’s former high school classmates. Mary reveals this to her co-workers, who find the notion that Lucy had extramarital sex and an abortion to be deeply offensive. Thereafter, Lucy is ostracized at work. Lucy does not have a viable cause for action against Mary for public disclosure of private facts because Mary had no financial incentive to disclose Lucy’s past.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) covers private employers with 5 or more employees.

The Gay Individual Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from both requesting information about an employee’s or applicant’s sexual orientation and considering someone’s sexual orientation in taking any employment action, such as hiring, firing, or promoting.

If a church other place of worship has nonsectarian activities such as a bookstore, it may enjoy the same broad type of freedom to discriminate on the basis of religion since these activities may have religion or propagation of the religion as an integral part of their purpose.

A shop steward may collect dues but may not recruit new workers.