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Religious Accommodation
431 published works
Employment Law Worldview
Employer Is Not Required to Accommodate Employee’s Request to Be Permanently Absent on Saturday
Title VII protects employees from discrimination based on their protected class which includes religion. As such, employers are required to accommodate an employee’s religious observances as long as such accommodation…
OSHA Law Blog
Inquiry to Determine Employee’s Religious Objection to Mandatory Vaccination Gains EEOC Counsel’s Support
Employers may seek additional information regarding an employee’s religious beliefs where the employee seeks to be excused from participating in a mandatory influenza vaccination program for religious reasons, according to…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
California Legislature Departs From Federal Law To Require Employers To Provide Even Truly Burdensome Accommodations For Religious Observances
By David D. Kadue, Julie G. Yap
Both federal and California law have long forbidden religious discrimination in employment, while also requiring employers to grant reasonable accommodations for religious observances. A common accommodation is to modify a…
Employment Law Worldview
Further Clarification from the EAT on Accommodating Religious Requests
The EAT ruled last week on whether an employer should have accommodated a Christian employee’s request to not work on Sundays. It is easy to conclude that it held that…
Employment Law Watch
New for 2013: California Employers Face Updated Religious Dress and Breastfeeding Rules
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act protects employees from harassment, discrimination, and retaliation by their employers on the basis of several protected categories, including sex and religion. Two amendments clarifying…
California Employment Law
RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION: WHAT DOES AB 1964 MEAN TO YOU?
By Nancy Yaffe
My colleagues have blogged about AB 1964, California's new law clarifying that religious dress and grooming practices are covered under the FEHA’s prohibition against religious discrimination. AB 1964 also provides that it is an…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Religious Accommodation Are Not That Hard
Jon Hyman, a defense lawyer, posts a nice piece about accommodating employees' religious requirements. He discusses how not to provide religious accommodations: Disneyland refusing to allow a Muslim worker to…
Employment Discrimination Report
I Guess We’re Not Preaching to the Choir
We have blogged on multiple occasions recently about religious accommodation issues and the blunders made by employers in dealing with these requests (see August 23rd blog for example). Although these…
Labor & Employment Report
Religious Accommodation in the Workplace
An employee has requested a religious accommodation - do you need to grant it? Federal and state anti-discrimination laws require employers to provide reasonable accommodation for the religious practices and beliefs of employees,…
World of Employment
Washington Appeals Court Holds No Religious Accommodation Required Under WLAD
By Jim Shore
In Short v. Battle Ground School District, Division II of the Washington Court of Appeals held last week that Washington’s Law Against Discrimination, which makes it unlawful for employers to…