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This says it is unlawful to discriminate against people at work because of their religion or belief. The regulations also cover training that is to do with work.

The company can show to the courts that the accommodation of such a religious practice would result in undue hardship for the company. The shift change is being made due to the growth of the company. Not doing this will result in significant financial losses due to lost opportunities. In EEOC

Second, in 2013 the 10th Circuit Court ruled, an employee must communicate the disaccord between a religious practice and a work rule. The Court determined that an employee understands whether the practice observed by the employer is predicated in an inflexible religious practice. (10th Circuit Court, 2013) The relevance of this ruling is that only the employee can determine whether or not the employer is being inflexible in

The United States is one of the most culturally and religiously diverse countries in the world. The founding fathers of the United States wanted to ensure that its people would have the ability to practice their religion with no threat of persecution. In order to accomplish the goal of religious freedom and continue to ensure that all people of any religion would be free to practice their religion, the United States passed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits an employer from discriminating based on the religious views of its employees. As the citizens of the United States spend a large amount of time in their places of employment, religious practices that these employees feel are necessary for the true observance of their religion must be accommodated by the employers. This law contends that in cases where the accommodation of religious practices of its employees does not create undue hardships, an employer must make reasonable accommodations for employees to practices the beliefs of their religion. As the demographics of the United States continues to change with more religiously diverse people immigrating to the country, employers are coming under more pressure to ensure they are taking all possible precautions to accommodate the religious practices of its employees. These precautions are important as the once an employee has established a bona fide complaint of religious discrimination, the burden of proof then falls on the employer to prove they

Reasonable Accommodation & Religion: The law requires an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs or practices, unless doing so would cause difficulty or expense for the employer. This means an employer may have to make reasonable adjustments at work that will allow the employee to practice his or her religion, such as allowing an employee to voluntarily swap shifts with a co- worker.

K.B. runs this small department. She received approval to hire another medical ethicist to relieve the workload of the other ethicists who have a five-day workweek plus rotating on-call shifts nights and weekends. K.B. interviewed R.G. for the job. During the interview, she explained to R.G. that the on-call rotation was 5 pm to 8 am, Monday through Thursday, and weekends Friday at 5 pm through Monday at 8 am. K.B. emphasized how crucial it was for each ethicist to commit to their call schedule. K.B. acknowledged that she understood. After a successful interview, K.B. offered R.G. the job, and R.G. accepted. One week before she was to begin working, R.G. sent an email to K.B. requesting religious accommodation:

Working in the healthcare field could be difficult at times, especially dealing with topics about religion in the workplace. The minorities are perceived to have a lower quality in healthcare due to poor rating, and cultural adaptation to meet. There are about 7 million Muslims, although ethnically and racially diverse, religiously healthcare value that

The Meatpacking Factory is a case study involving the decision of a factory manager to let his Muslim workers observe their faith by taking breaks at sunrise and sundown during their holy month of Ramadan. James Windham, the factory manager, thought their request was well warranted and felt he should be considerate of the religious beliefs of his employees. There are about 100 Muslim workers which represents 20% of the employee population at the factory. To Windham’s dismay, the breaks began having a significantly negative affect on productivity due to the ever shifting sunset and sundown times. Trying to accommodate a constantly changing schedule left Windham struggling to nail down a

The call to prayer lands a prominent role in the film, just as Osama begins her travails at the merchant shop. A man barges into the proprietorship and emphatically demands that Osama and the merchant prepare for the five times daily rite. So it seems, outward zeal is analogous with fidelity to allah, making prayer and worship domestically or in the mosque a sacrosanct activity. Thereafter, corporate worship makes an appearance, which serves to doubly reinforce the ardor in veneration and the profound gender apartheid wrought by Islam.

In this case the employee should allow the employers to pray otherwise the employees can sue the company for discrimination based on religion.

Religion in the workplace can bring up some of the most difficult issues employers have to face. Resolving these issues requires understanding the law and balancing the business's needs with an employee's desire to practice his or her religion. One of the most contentious conflicts is between an employee's desire to take time off and the potential reduction in productivity and profitability. In ruling on Title VII religion cases, the courts have held that employers aren't required to accommodate employees' religious activities when it involves increased financial costs, transferring supervisory personnel or employees from other departments resulting in inefficiency, or discriminating against other employees or violating seniority systems. Accommodations that don't constitute undue hardship to the employer include voluntary substitutions or employee "swaps," flexible work schedules, floating or optional holidays, staggered work hours, and allowing employees to make up lost time. Transfers and job changes also are options if they don't cause reduced efficiency or

Among the obligations of Muslims, prayer comes first. As a Muslim, I pray 5 times in a day. Friday is a holy day for Muslims. Most of the companies consider Friday and Thursday to be their weekend. During Ramadan, Muslims observe fast starting from dawn till dusk and they are allowed to work for only 6 hours in a day.

Discrete religion and religious practices and beliefs have existed in the world and formed the part of discourse in sociological and theological inquiry- universal religions (Kurtz, 2007). Each religious group or faction has its own practices, beliefs and view of the world and this is encapsulated in their liturgy. The way these beliefs, faiths, and practices are juxtaposed forms an important part of theological and sociological concern. This paper will about the Muslim faith. This is the period that Muslims are paying homage to Mecca as encompassed by the pilgrimage. This forms part of the Muslim faith that will be discussed in the paper. The paper will be interested in investigating the Muslim faith in a dramaturgical approach, establishing how the faith is conducted, the religious rites, rituals, mythologies, and the inclusive liturgy. Also of interest is the way faith interacts and compares with other faiths, its response to secularism, multiculturalism, and modernity and a discussion of the faith in the context of fundamentalism. In the end, it will be found out that Muslim faith is pro fundamentalism and that it differs significantly from my catholic faith.

Because Sonia’s co-workers are gossiping and raising concern, and as a consequence Sonia’s work performance is falling, management needs to personally address Sonia and discuss the comments that are being made. Another steps that management should take in this situation is to encourage a culture that is more accepting and understanding of religious diversity. It seems as if the culture of this organization does not understand the importance of recognizing and accepting religious diversity and management could address this through the creation of religious affinity groups. This would offer an effective strategy to help employees better understand the existence of religious diversity and the importance of respecting one another’s beliefs.

According to classical utilitarianism, we must “allocate the total amount of happiness among as many people as possible” (Pojman, 218). When analyzing whether to allow the Islamic employees the right to pray on break, utilitarians may argue that allowing Islamic employees, who only make up 20% of the factory population, the right to pray is a decision that focuses on the minority as opposed to what is best for the majority. Furthermore, there is evidence that allowing Islamic employees to take flexible breaks hinders the factory’s productivity, which damages profits, and in turn, hurts not only the factory employees but also the shareholders in the company. Additionally, the issue is also forming tensions between the Islamic and non-Islamic employees. For all these reasons, utilitarians could argue that it is better for the majority if Windham did not allow the Islamic workers to pray during work. However, this is an incomplete argument because it fails to account for the potential consequences. Should Windham choose to violate the agreement he has established with the Islamic workers, he runs the risk of being sued for violating his agreement with the Islamic employees. Furthermore, Windham risks external organizations becoming involved because he is violating the workers’ rights to practice their faith. Both of these ramifications would not only hurt his company because of negative publicity but would also hurt key stakeholders because