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Religious Expression in the Workplace
You are the chief of the District Division of Vehicular Licensing, with 1,250 employees located at three offices. The director of the District 2 office approaches you about a thorny problem what to do about providing employees who are Muslims a suitable time of the day to worship. The problem began on October 30 when the state changed its working timings. As it turns out, the change in timings pulled the Muslim sunset prayer back into the work hours. A group of Muslim coworkers requested that the District 2 office allow them to conduct their sunset prayer at 5:00 p.m. The office closes at 6:00 p.m. The group said that they would be willing to work from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. to make up for the time lost.
The director is unsure what other districts have done and does not know if state or county laws require public agencies to accommodate employees'' religious beliefs. It is, of course, clear to all that public agencies cannot promote religious beliefs and practices, but this is not quite the same thing.
As the division chief, you inform the director that other district offices have not faced this issue before. Moreover, state law is reasonably clear—employers (public and private) must accommodate employees'' religious beliefs as long as the requests are reasonable and do not create a hardship for the agency.
Discussion questions
1. Is the request by the workers reasonable?
2. Would shifting the sunset prayer hour to 5:00 p.m. create a hardship for the District Office of Vehicular Licensing? (Remember that the primary work of the District Office is to issue licenses to the public on a first come, first served basis.)
3. Would agreeing to the request be viewed as favoritism toward one group of employees? If so, would this create morale problems?
4. What recommendation would you, as division chief, make to the district director?
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