Tagged: Religion

Biometric Attendance Scanner or “Mark of the Beast”?:  How an Employee’s Unusual Religious Belief Cost the Employer $600,000.

Biometric Attendance Scanner or “Mark of the Beast”?: How an Employee’s Unusual Religious Belief Cost the Employer $600,000.

A recent case from the Fourth Circuit illustrates the risks for employers posed by the obligation to reasonably accommodate religious objections to workplace rules and practices under Title VII.  How should an employer handle accommodation requests based on religious beliefs that the employer views as misguided or even crazy?  A sincere religious belief, even if non-traditional or highly idiosyncratic, must...

Quirky Question #210, Employee Meals – Vegan Beliefs as a Religion

Quirky Question #210, Employee Meals – Vegan Beliefs as a Religion

Question: We subsidize a different meal in our employee cafeteria each week.  For example, last week hamburgers were only $2.00 instead of $5.00.  Usually we subsidize meat dishes.  A vegan employee has protested we do not similarly subsidize vegan dishes and has stated that our failure to do so constitutes religious discrimination.  This can’t be correct – right?