e EEOC Has A Cow, And Now Must Raise Its Beef On Appeal

Earlier this week, a federal district court in Nebraska dealt the EEOC two more blows in addition to its recent trial defeat in EEOC v. JBS USA, LLC, 8:10-CV-318 (D. Neb.), when it denied the EEOC’s request for a new trial and certified its trial ruling as an appealable judgment. We covered the Court’s earlier ruling here. Not only is the ruling a significant one for the case, but also it is significant to employers because an appellate ruling affirming the district court could provide further clarification on the requirements for establishing the “undue hardship” defense under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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