An employee cannot work on Friday evenings or Saturdays because his religious beliefs forbid working on the Sabbath. Another employee objects to contributing to co-worker birthday celebrations or union dues on religious grounds. Yet another worker asks for an exception to the uniform rules to allow her to wear a hijab in the manufacturing plant, while her male co-worker wants to keep his beard for religious reasons even though the factory’s safety standard requires clean shaven faces in the respirator area.
Can a manager just say “no” and insist that the company’s general policy or rule be followed?
True believers at work—accommodating religious practices on the job – Lexology.
