Employment attorney Mary Claire Smith spoke with Law360 Employment Authority regarding the top bias rulings so far in 2024. The article highlights the quartet of rulings from the first half of this year that caught discrimination lawyer’s attention.

Smith provided insights on the EEOC offering clarity on the new religious accommodation rules in a recent administrative opinion.

“We were thinking, along the lines of Groff, that the employer would have to show this financial, substantial increased cost, to decide whether to deny the accommodation,” said Mary Claire Smith. “But here, I thought it was interesting because the EEOC said the undue hardship analysis isn’t limited to considerations of financial cost.”

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