Supreme Court Rules on Religious Accommodations

(From HR Dive) The U.S. Supreme Court last week clarified a 51-year-old decision that had allowed employers to ignore religious accommodations solely based on "more than a de minimis cost." In the case of Groff v. DeJoy, a former postal worker sought to observe the Sabbath by not working on Sundays. The court emphasized that "undue hardship" must be assessed in the overall context of the employer's business and rejected adopting definitions from the Americans with Disabilities Act and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance. Religious groups hailed the decision, which sets a higher bar for denying religious accommodation requests and emphasizes reasonable accommodation.

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