Monday, August 13, 2012

When will employers learn the law regarding religious dress?

Lexology.com
Fox Rothschild LLP
  • USA
  • August 8 2012

    Cases involving the same or similar fact situations keep coming, leading one to believe that employers have no clue as to the law, and/or that they have no HR directors or counsel.
    For example, we wrote a few times recently that although Title VII does not prohibit dress or grooming rules per se, such rules may still violate Title VII if they have a disparate impact on, for example, employees who have religious beliefs which require a certain dress or hair style. As with most situations involving religious beliefs, an employee must be accommodated as long as this does not cause an undue hardship to the employer.

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