HR teams will feel the weight of SCOTUS religious accommodations ruling

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The Supreme Court has made a slew of decisions in the last month, but only one has been unanimous: the issue of religious accommodations. And employers are directly impacted.

In the case Groff v. Dejoy, Gerald Groff sued his employer, the U.S. Postal Service, because they failed to meet his religious accommodation request — as a self-described Evangelical Christian, Groff observed Sabbath and did not want to work on Sundays. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Groff, sending the case back to lower courts with new guidelines.

Deanna Cuadra
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Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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