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Religious Discrimination

Religious Discrimination is the social differentiation of individuals on the basis of their religious beliefs, faith or affiliation. Refusal of job opportunities or any disparity based on religious belief and practices can be termed as religious discrimination at work place.

Facts about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964

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Title VII of the civil rights act 1964 prohibits employer from practicing any discriminatory policies against employee in regard to hiring, firing or other terms and condition of employment. It instructs employers to create reasonable work policies so as to accommodate religious practices of an employee or prospective employee, except if it creates undue hardship upon the employer. Flexible scheduling, voluntary substitutions or swaps, job reassignments and lateral transfers are examples of accommodating an employee’s religious beliefs.

Employers cannot schedule examinations or other selection activities in conflict with a current or prospective employee’s religious needs, inquire about an applicant’s future availability at certain times, maintain a restrictive dress code, or refuse to allow observance of a Sabbath or religious holiday, unless the employer can prove that not doing so would cause an undue hardship.

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An employer can claim undue hardship when accommodating an employee’s religious practices if allowing such practices requires more than ordinary administrative costs. Undue hardship also may be shown if changing a bona fide seniority system to accommodate one employee’s religious practices denies another employee the job or shift preference guaranteed by the seniority system.

An employee whose religious practices prohibit payment of union dues to a labor organization cannot be required to pay the dues, but may pay an equal sum to a charitable organization.

Mandatory “new age” training programs, designed to improve employee motivation, cooperation or productivity through meditation, yoga, biofeedback or other practices, may conflict with the non-discriminatory provisions of Title VII. Employers must accommodate any employee who gives notice that these programs are inconsistent with the employee’s religious beliefs, whether or not the employer believes there is a religious basis for the employee’s objection.

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