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- Title
(UN)REASONABLE RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION: THE ARGUMENT FOR AN "ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS" PROVISION UNDER TITLE VII.
- Authors
WATSON, LAURA E.
- Abstract
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for their employees' sincerely held religious practices and beliefs as long as the accommodation does not pose an "undue hardship" on the conduct of the employer's business. But "undue hardship" is a vague term that has led to unclear, inconsistent, unfair, and even discriminatory precedent. This Note proffers a new framework for religious discrimination law through the incorporation of the "essential functions" provision of a similar law, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, in order to strike a fairer balance between the competing rights and interests of employers and employees.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RELIGION in the workplace laws; CIVIL Rights Act of 1964. Title VII; HARDSHIP; AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990; EMPLOYERS; LABOR law cases; ISLAM &; justice; RELIGIOUS discrimination; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); STATUS (Law); ANTI-discrimination laws
- Publication
Southern California Law Review, 2016, Vol 90, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
0038-3910
- Publication type
Article