Businesses are required to “reasonably accommodate” religious beliefs. But that doesn’t mean they have to agree to the exact terms their workers propose, explains Warren & Associates attorney Sindy Warren on the firm’s blog.
Warren says that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit opinion in Telfair v. FedEx illustrates this point. She says that the plaintiffs in the case were African-American Jehovah’s Witnesses, and when their work schedules were changed from Monday through Friday to Tuesday through Saturday, they made it clear that working Saturdays would interfere with their religious practices.
