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3 pages in length. The quest to attain a level of mutual respect for one another within a multicultural workplace has evolved into a greater recognition of religious tenets beyond the standards found within conventional company policy. Two religious aspects that have garnered considerable attention within the courts are male facial hair and nonsecular holidays. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Two religious aspects that have garnered considerable attention within the courts are male facial hair and nonsecular holidays. The growth of these newly acknowledged days has placed a burden
on employers who struggle to honor religious observance while at the same time creating an atmosphere where no one feels slighted or offended by the open expression of other religious
celebrations. A particular sticking point with those who are not amenable to religious diversity in the workplace is how many people are granted time off from work to observe
their specific holy days while others who are not of that faith are not permitted to miss work. Are employers ever within the law to refuse time off to an
employee whose religious holiday poses a burden to the company? Indeed, with the EEOC clearly stating there are several legally legitimate burdens, not the least of which includes financial
hardship, business disruption, collective bargaining violation/contract breach, infringement of other employees religious rights and posing a safety threat (Little et al, 2008). For example, Hussein v. the Waldorf-Astoria found
in favor of the employer when a banquet waiter claimed religious right to sport beard growth upon arriving for work when he had heretofore been clean-shaven for the previous fourteen
years of employment. His abrupt demand to be allowed to serve food with facial hair growth was both a violation of food handling health codes and the hotels policy.
Ansonia Board Of Education v. Philbrook, which was ruled in favor of the school district in an 8-1 decision based upon Title XII of the Civil Rights Act, found
the teacher in violation of the collective bargaining contract when she took six religious holidays within a year when she was only permitted three; no other time off (personal, sick
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