Saturday, September 20, 2025

Federal Workers Can Request to Telework for Religious Reasons, DOJ Says

Federal Workers Can Request to Telework for Religious Reasons, DOJ Says

Snippet of Article: "...Federal workers can ask to work from home as part of religious accommodations under existing guidelines and recent US Supreme Court decisions addressing faith-based exemptions to workplace policies...The Supreme Court’s 2023 Groff v. DeJoy decision held that employers must reasonably accommodate a worker’s religion under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act unless doing so “would result in substantial increased costs” and cause an undue hardship to their business. "

Source: news.bloomberglaw.com

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