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No one wants to get an envelope that reads, “official jury summons,” in the mail. Luckily, if you’re age 75 or older, you can request an exemption — a legal reason to be excused without ...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Health Programs of America is a case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.The court ruled that an employer's imposition of an "Onionhead" or "Harnessing Happiness" system of beliefs on employees constituted a religions imposition in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
A longtime employee of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan who was fired after refusing for religious reasons to get the COVID-19 vaccine has been awarded more than $12 million by a federal jury.
Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding. Different countries have different approaches to juries: [ 1 ] variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge , but without legal ...
The jury agreed with the EEOC that Texas-based Hill County Farms, doing business in Iowa as Henry's Turkey Service, subjected a group of 32 men with intellectual disabilities to severe abuse and discrimination for a period between 2007 and 2009, after 20 years of similar mistreatment. [45]
Rule 2.1008 in the 2024 California Rules of Court says prospective jurors with physical or mental disabilities that don’t affect their competence but could cause them harm can be excused from ...
Jury service is a public duty, [3] which means that jury service is the solemn obligation of all qualified citizens. [3] For that reason, excuses from the discharge of this responsibility should be granted only for reasons of compelling personal hardship or because requiring service would be contrary to the public welfare, health, or safety. [3]
A home furniture store’s assistant manager was fired after asking for an exemption from her company’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy — saying her Christian beliefs prevented her from ...