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· 4/7/1980

Peter James HOWARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 615 F.2d 203
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 18886
  • 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 30,804
  • 22 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 766

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that the fact that an employer incurred “no direct money cost” was “not controlling” because “lost efficiency in other jobs” during a single-day absence “[was] more than de minimis” (quotations omitted)
  • explaining that the fact that an employer incurred “no direct money cost” was “not controlling” because “lost efficiency in other jobs” during a single-day absence “[was] more than de minimis” (quotations omitted)
  • affirming district court’s finding of undue hardship where the evidence showed that “[s]upervisory personnel were required to perform [the] plaintiff’s job to the detriment of their regular duties”
  • finding undue hardship despite “[t]he fact that Haverty incurred no direct money cost from plaintiff’s absence,” because Haverty believed in good faith that the plaintiff’s absence would disrupt warehouse operations

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Judges: Ingraham, Roney, Clark

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