3rd Circuit Partially Restores Fire Department Admin’s Beard Discrimination Claims

( June 6, 2025, 3:21 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — An Atlantic City Fire Department employee who sued the city after it failed to allow him exemption from a facial hair grooming policy for religious reasons can pursue a religious accommodation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and a U.S. Constitution freedom of religion claim following a Third Circuit U.S. Appeals Court order that partially vacated a New Jersey federal judge’s opinion....

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