Category Archives: Religion
IT IS NOW TOUGHER TO DENY A REQUEST FOR RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION Imagine this happens to you. You represent employees at an agency that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, like the folks at Customs and Border Protection. … Continue reading
SATANIC POSTERS IN THE WORKPLACE In his latest effort to drive wedges between employees Trump has announced that he is urging federal employees to pray, preach, and proselytize in the workplace on behalf of their religious beliefs. After all, if … Continue reading
BIG VICTORY FOR RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVANT FEDS Bret, a Jew, told his agency that his faith requires him to forgo work on the Sabbath, which runs from sundown on Friday until sundown on Saturday. Despite that, management scheduled him to work … Continue reading
USING THE BIBLE AS A HARASSMENT TOOL EEOC just explained to the Dep’t. of Veteran Affairs how quoting the bible at the workplace can violate an employee’s civil rights. It wrote, “the use of a Bible verse, alone, in the … Continue reading
STRIKING THE DELICATE BALANCE: RELIGION AND PRONOUNS Unions are not going to be able to sit back and watch employers struggle with this issue. Sooner or later an LGBTQ+ member is going to wander into the union office asking for … Continue reading
A RELIGIOUS WAR IS COMING TO YOUR OFFICE SOON Later this year it is all but certain that union reps’ lives will be a little more complicated—and maybe a lot more. The Supreme Court is all but certain to substantially … Continue reading
SHOULD ALL CRAYONS BE COLORLESS? One of my favorite childhood memories was aging up from the standard, pre-school box of 8 crayons to the post-K 24-pack and then finally once I proved myself old enough to be trusted the gigantic … Continue reading
ON-SITE PRAYER MEETINGS EEOC just reminded us of the right of employees to demand on-site agency space to hold prayer meetings. A postal employee, who was known to be a Christian asked for some private space during the day to … Continue reading
PANTS VERSUS SKIRTS: A RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION MOMENT Some religions require women cover up from top to bottom while others declare that the Lord they worship wants women to show their legs – even when working in a men’s prison. Under … Continue reading
CATHOLICS, GRANDADS, FACEMASKS & DISCRIMINATION The EEOC’s willingness to protect against religious discrimination continues to surprise us. In the latest decision an employee of the Navy refused to shave his beard to obtain his respirator certification. Given the respirator would … Continue reading