Reverend Angley would suggest that Church members had an obligation to provide their labor to the Buffet, in service to God, and that a failure to offer their labor to the Buffet … would be the same as failing God. … Reverend Angley would thus coerce Church members into agreeing to volunteer at the Buffet. … Reverend Angley thus used “scare tactics/bullying” and made “people feel bad” for not working at the Buffet. … Reverend Angley preached that he was God’s prophet, and saying “no” to Angley would be tantamount to saying “no” directly to God. … Reverend Angley also preached that repeatedly saying “no” to God or failing God ultimately leads to a person “blaspheming against the Holy Ghost,” which meant that the individual’s connection to God has been lost and was irredeemable. …
The Buffet is a commercial, for-profit institution in competition with a number of other commercial eateries in its immediate vicinity. … Defendants stress the alleged religious purpose served by the Buffet and its ability to provide low-cost meals. … But they undoubtedly achieve those low prices, at least in part, by circumventing wage laws and maintaining a workforce that is largely unpaid. … Indeed, Reverend Angley admitted that the Buffet reverted to using volunteers as a cost-saving measure. …
Seems like the correct result to me.
Here’s what else I read this week:
Discrimination
Technology
HR & Employee Relations
Wage & Hour
Labor
OSHA & Safety
Here’s what else I read this week:
Discrimination
- ADA and Batman—by Robin — via EntertainHR
- Don’t Forget About Accommodation Obligations during the Application Process – The EEOC is On It! — via Matrix Radar
- Is Stuttering A Reason Not To Hire Someone? — via FisherBroyles
- 2d Cir kicks the can on LGBT rights at work under Title VII. None yet, but maybe soon… — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Firing Discrimination: Trump & The Culture of Beauty — via Workology
- Liability Waiver in Pre-Employment Disclosure Form is Unlawful, Says Ninth Circuit — via Currents
- Trump revokes executive order, weakens protections for LGBT workers — via Workplace Fairness
- Why You Should Stop Harassing Cracker Barrel about Brad’s Wife — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Social media “right to be forgotten” — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- HR’s Increasing Role in Ensuring Data Privacy — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Are You Being Watched — via The L•E•J
- Intro to Cyber Insurance: 7 Questions to Ask and Insider Threat Fear Greater Than Ever, Survey Shows — via Dark Reading
- Phishing 101 at the School of Hard Knocks — via Krebs on Security
- Company laptop not fair game in employee’s personal injury lawsuit—for now — via Technology for HR
- Mining Employee Data, With Ethics in Mind — via In House
- Are Supervisors Allowed to Yell? — via ERC’s HR Insights Blog
- “The freezing trucker” and Gorsuch’s heart of ice: A micro-fiction — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- How-To Guide: How to Handle a “No” When You Ask for Work Flexibility — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- Gaslighting at work — via Minding the Workplace
- Communicating with Millennials: What’s the Preference? — via Attorney at Work
- New Website Provides Nonpartisan Information For Employers & Employees — via Ohio Chamber Blog
- Culture Is a Four-Letter Word — via CUE, Inc.
- Buyer, Beware: You May Be Liable for Seller’s Wage Law Violations — via HR Daily Advisor
- Four Ways to Give Up Control and Protect Independent Contractor Status — via Who Is My Employee?
- Is Congress Poised To Reform Laws Affecting The Gig Economy? — via Gig Employer Blog
- The Affordable Care Act is here to stay — via EmployerLINC
- Confirmation Expected For Secretary of Labor Nominee Following Committee Hearing — via Labor Relations Today
- Organ/Marrow Donation: FMLA Eligible? — via Workplace Insights
- Your nonunion employees are still protected by the National Labor Relations Act — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Bales on Resurrecting Labor — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Will the Second Circuit Overturn the NLRB’s Surreptitious Workplace Recordings Ruling by Giving Employers a Road Map to Compliance? — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- Company Sued for Rescinding Job Offer Because Prospective Employee Signed Online Petition — via Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- A Homeland Security Official Came to Warn Us About Workplace Shootings and Political Correctness — via Deadspin
- OSHA Promotes “Safe and Sound Campaign” to Assist Employers — A Change in Approach? — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
- OSHA Staying the Course … for now… — via OSHA Law Blog