“Walmart still needs to learn” that employers should seek to accommodate scheduling requests based on an employee’s religious requirements, according to the EEOC in announcing a new discrimination suit.
Labor Department staff charged with enforcing employment nondiscrimination rules for federal contracts were instructed Friday to “bear in mind” the religious objections of organizations and closely-held businesses.
A large jury verdict in New York sends a strong message: employees should not be required to choose between having a job and engaging in religious practices that align with their conscience.
A federal appeals court revived a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by seventh day adventist former employees of Kellogg, claiming they were fired for refusing to work on Saturdays.
Workplace religious freedom calls on employers to respect an employee’s faith, and to restrain from imposing their own.