Sundays off from work Groff v Dejoy ruling from a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in 2023. The ruling applies to all businesses not just the Postal Service who lost the case. It is a federal civil rights violation for an employer to deny an employee their sabbath off, or major religious holidays; if employee requests it and employee has a letter from their pastor(clergy). An employer also cannot prohibit an employee from wearing religious symbols, or a beard for religious reason, unless there is a safety issue like a necklace near moving equipment. If a workaround exists like a beard respirator, (the employee may have pay for beard respirator) then the employer must allow a beard.
However, an employee cannot require co-workers or customers to change their diet for their religious accommodation. An employer must show is that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business, to legally deny Sundays (Sabbaths) off or another religious accommodation a very hard standard to meet.
The full ruling is attached below:
However, an employee cannot require co-workers or customers to change their diet for their religious accommodation. An employer must show is that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business, to legally deny Sundays (Sabbaths) off or another religious accommodation a very hard standard to meet.
The full ruling is attached below:
| groff_v._dejoy_22-174_k536.pdf |
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