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· 2/11/2008

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co.

Citations

  • 515 F.3d 307
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 2949
  • 90 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,094
  • 102 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 961

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that employer made reasonable accommodation by, among other things, permitting employees to “swap shifts ... eight times per year”
  • “Considering an accommodation’s impact on both the employer and coworkers ... is appropriate when determining its reasonableness”
  • interpreting “reasonable accommodation” in the Title VII religion context to require the same as “reasonable accommodation” in the ADA context
  • affirming the grant of summary judgment where the court concluded that the accommodation sought was not reasonable
  • finding an employer had reasonably accommodated an employee’s request for a modified work schedule by allowing the employee to use floating days, unpaid leave, and shift changes
  • rejecting argument that Title VII requires employer “to totally accommodate” employee’s religious practices

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Wilkinson, King, Floyd

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