What is the current state of the law on religious accommodation in employment law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Baker v. The Home Depot, 445 F.3d 541 (2nd Cir. 2006):
would allow him to attend morning church services, it would not permit him to observe his religious requirement to abstain from work totally on Sundays. Simply put, "[t]he offered accommodation cannot be considered reasonable . . . because it does not eliminate the conflict between the employment requirement and the religious practice." EEOC v. Ilona of Hungary, Inc., 108 F.3d 1569, 1576 (7th Cir.1996).
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