Split 8th Circuit Rejects EEOC’s Retaliation Claim For Denial Of Accommodation

Mealey's (November 21, 2018, 2:19 PM EST) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — An employer’s revocation of a conditional job offer following the applicant’s request for religious accommodation was a matter to be resolved under a disparate treatment claim and not a retaliation one, a divided Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 13 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. North Memorial Health Care, No. 17-2926, 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 32088)....