Religious Accommodation

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California Court Upholds Unpaid Leave in Teacher’s Religious Vaccine-Exemption Case

Published October 8, 2026 · Court WatchDecision and opinion publication: October 7, 2026. California’s Second District Court of Appeal affirmed judgment for Burbank Unified School District in Smith v. Burbank Unified School District (B347288). Christian chemistry teacher Douglas Smith received a religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccination but was placed on unpaid leave. Smith sought alternatives…

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Generac Reaches EEOC Agreement Over Religious Accommodation Request

October 4, 2026 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced on September 30 that Generac Power Systems reached an agreement providing monetary and injunctive relief to resolve a religious-accommodation charge. The employee had asked to use biological sex-based pronouns when referring to a transgender coworker. According to the EEOC’s reasonable-cause finding, Generac did not fully engage…

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