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Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Categories: Civil/Human Rights,Disability,Headlines,Labor/Employment,Religion/Ethics,Supreme Court/courts

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/10-553

Unanimous Supreme Court decision that federal nondiscrimination laws do not protect church employees who perform religious duties.  The case involved a teacher who was fired by a church-related school when she sued to get her job back after a disability-related leave of absence.  From the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University