7th Circuit Denies Rehearing After Religious Accommodation Ruling For Walmart

Mealey's (June 2, 2021, 10:42 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 1 denied rehearing and rehearing en banc sought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after a divided panel in March ruled that a nationwide retailer would have had “to bear more than a slight burden” if it was forced to accommodate an assistant manager’s scheduling needs due to his religion and upheld a trial court’s summary judgment ruling for the employer....