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Supreme Court Clarifies 'Undue Hardship' Standard for Religious Accommodations in the Workplace

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Supreme Court broadens religious protections for workers

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court broadened religious protections for workers Thursday in a ruling that clarified when employers can refuse religious accommodations for workers.

Tribune News Service

S. Ct. Unanimously Broadens (Somewhat) Employees' Rights to Religious Exemptions from Neutral Work Rules

The decision, which interprets Title VII's reasonable accommodation provision (enacted in 1972), applies to private employees as well as government employees.

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Supreme Court broadens religious protections for workers - Roll Call

The ruling says employers must accommodate a worker's religious needs unless it would lead to “substantial increased costs” for the business.

Roll Call

Supreme Court conservatives seem divided in major religion case

The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case about how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

WEKU

Sacred Sundays: US high court debates religious rights at work

Washington (United States) (AFP) - The US Supreme Court's conservative majority struggled Tuesday to balance two of its core interests in a case that pitted workers' religious rights against business profits.

AFP

Supreme Court Weighs Whether Postal Service Can Force Christian Employee To Work on Sundays

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Who bears the burden, and how much, when religious employees refuse Sabbath work?

The Supreme Court hears arguments in an important case that pits religious employees against others who have to pick up the slack on Sundays.

WEKU

Supreme Court hears mail carrier's religious tolerance case

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide under what circumstances businesses must accommodate the needs of religious employees

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to deliver answer in religious mailman's case

The Supreme Court this week is hearing the case of a religious mail carrier who refused to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to hear arguments on workplace religious protections - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could expand religious protections for workers under a law changed in 1972.

Roll Call

Government Institution Being Questioned In Respect To Religious Freedom From The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear the case of Groff v. DeJoy In Violation nf The First Amendment in Freedom Of Religion.

Zenger

How far must employers go to accommodate workers' time off for worship? The Supreme Court will weigh in

Imagine you own a business with a few dozen employees. One, who is Muslim, asks if she can use a meeting room a few times a day for brief prayers – one of the five pillars of Islam. Another, who observes the Jewish Sabbath, says he cannot work on Saturdays.…

The Conversation

SCOTUS Will Decide Whether Federal Law Shields a Religious Postal Employee Who Refuses To Work on Sundays

The Supreme Court considers the scope of federally required religious accommodations at work.

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U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case On Sabbath Observance

The appellant, a postal worker, says he was forced from his job because he refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

The Independent UK

High court takes 8 new cases, 1 about a religious mailman

The Supreme Court is adding eight new arguments to its calendar

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court appears set to expand workers’ right to time off for religious observance

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on extending federal civil rights law to protect workers who seek to take time off for religious observance.

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