July 20, 2015
Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc. and the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission said Monday that they had resolved an EEOC suit over the company's refusal to hire a woman who wore a hijab to a job interview, a development that comes less than two months after the U.S. Supreme Court revived the EEOC's case.
December 15, 2014
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its lawsuit brought on behalf of a Muslim teen who was passed over for a job at Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc. for wearing a headscarf, saying the Tenth Circuit construed federal anti-discrimination law too narrowly.
February 26, 2014
The Tenth Circuit on Wednesday refused the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's request for a full court review of a panel ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc.'s refusal to hire a Muslim woman because of her headscarf didn't amount to religious discrimination.
December 17, 2013
A Tenth Circuit decision granting Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc. a win in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit over an unsuccessful Muslim job applicant who wore a headscarf was in keeping with "overwhelming legal authority," the company told the appeals court Monday.
December 12, 2013
Several religious groups on Wednesday urged the Tenth Circuit to grant the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's request that the full court review a ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc.'s refusal to hire a Muslim woman because of her headscarf didn't amount to religious discrimination.
December 04, 2013
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked the full 10th Circuit to reconsider a panel ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc.'s refusal to hire a Muslim woman because of her headscarf didn't amount to religious discrimination.
October 02, 2013
The Tenth Circuit's ruling Tuesday that Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc.'s refusal to hire a Muslim woman in a headscarf didn't amount to unlawful religious discrimination because she never informed the retailer of her religious needs created a circuit split that could help the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission get the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court, lawyers say.
October 01, 2013
The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a lower court's ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc.'s refusal to hire a Muslim woman for wearing a hijab amounted to religious discrimination, finding the woman had an obligation to inform the company she wore the garment for religious reasons.