What role does an employee play in religious accommodation?

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Category: Legal Compliance

Tags: Complying with Discrimination Protections, Employee, Church, Religious Beliefs, Ceremonies, Holidays, Peyote, Synagogue, Prayer Time

While the obligation to accommodate workers' religious needs falls on the employer, employees are not without responsibilities. Generally, workers have obligations in two areas:

Employees must notify their employers of a conflict between job duties and religious beliefs. This is essential to a claim of failure to accommodate.
Employees generally must be flexible and cooperative in the accommodation process.

The reasonableness of an employer's attempt to accommodate may be assessed in light of the employee's willingness to cooperate.

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What role does an employee play in religious accommodation? While the obligation to accommodate workers' religious needs falls on the employer, employees are not without responsibilities.

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