Religious employees should be watching the case of Groff v. DeJoy closely to see whether the Supreme Court will restore religious freedom to the workplace.
The Supreme Court to hear Groff v. DeJoy brought by a former mail carrier who was disciplined for refusing to work on Sundays. The Court will address religious based workplace accommodations. Under Title VII, covered employers must provide reasonable accommodations to employees.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether its own definition of undue hardship with respect to religious accommodation requests, which employers have relied upon for more than 45 years, remains valid when it hears oral argument in Groff v. DeJoy, No. 22-174.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that will impact how employers respond to their employees’ requests for religious accommodation. Groff v. DeJoy, involves a former U.S. Postal Service worker who claimed that he was disciplined and forced to resign rather than work on Sundays.