What obligation does an employer have to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Vermette v. Canadian Broadcasting Corp., 1994 CanLII 18406 (CHRT):
This obligation of an employee was also recognized by McIntyre J. in Ontario Human Rights Commission and O'Malley v. Simpsons-Sears, supra, where he said at 555 [D/3107, para. 24777]: The employer must take reasonable steps towards that end which may or may not result in full accommodation. Where such reasonable steps, however, do not fully reach the desired end, the complainant, in the absence of some accommodating steps on his own part such as an acceptance in this case of part-time work, must either sacrifice his religious principles or his employment.
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