Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v JBS USA

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Case overview

Case Number:

8:10-cv-00318

Court:

Nebraska

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Laurie Smith Camp

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  1. October 15, 2014

    Conciliation Already OK'd In JBS Religion Suit, EEOC Says

    A Nebraska federal court overseeing a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit that accused JBS USA LLC of failing to accommodate Muslim workers' prayer requests already ruled that the agency efforts to conciliate before suing the meat packager were adequate, the EEOC said Tuesday.

  2. August 25, 2014

    Judge Nixes EEOC Settlement Meeting In Meat Co. Prayer Row

    A Nebraska federal judge on Monday denied the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and JBS USA LLC ex-employees' joint motion for a settlement conference with the meat-packaging company accused of failing to accommodate Muslim employees' prayer requests, saying JBS didn't seem willing to participate.

  3. July 11, 2014

    Meat Co. Seeks Toss Of Final EEOC Prayer Break Claims

    JBS USA LLC asked a Nebraska federal judge on Thursday to nix the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's remaining claims in a suit accusing the meat-packaging company of failing to accommodate Muslim workers' prayer requests, arguing the agency had failed to engage in good faith conciliation. 

  4. January 27, 2014

    EEOC Denied New Trial In Muslim Prayer-Break Lawsuit

    A Nebraska federal judge on Monday denied the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid for a new trial in a religious bias suit against JBS USA LLC over its alleged failure to accommodate prayer breaks for Muslim workers, ruling the agency failed to raise new grounds to justify granting its motion.

  5. October 18, 2013

    Muslim Prayer-Break Accommodations Ruled Undue Hardship

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lost the first phase of its religious bias suit against JBS USA LLC concerning prayer breaks for Muslim workers, when a Nebraska federal judge ruled last week that making the accommodations JBS was faulted for not providing would cause undue hardship.

  6. April 15, 2013

    Meat Packer Can't Escape Suit Over Muslim Prayer Breaks

    A Nebraska federal judge on Friday allowed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to proceed with allegations that JBS USA LLC refused to accommodate Somali Muslim workers during Ramadan, but nixed claims that the meatpacking giant had a practice of unlawful terminations and retaliation.

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