Posted on 11/16/2006 2:19:43 PM PST by FLOutdoorsman
Do I personally think they should work around her schedule? Of course. Do I think it should be illegal to choose to find an employee who can work the hours they want? No.
"What does that have to do with not being able to work on Tuesday?"
Hypothetically, if you have a demonstrable need to worship on Tuesday, then it applies.
You cannot dictate to a company the days and hours you will work. No law covers that, yet.
Ok, I give. Reading comprehension isn't your strong point. I just posted the law that covers it.
And in essence, yes you can dictate that particular desire. The law backs you.
That law covers no such thing.
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Companies do, however, have some flexibility in how they accommodate employees. An employer is required to make reasonable accommodations -- not to accept whatever accommodation the employee suggests, nor to spare the employee all expenses in making the accommodation. For example, your employer might give you the day off for a religious observance, but do so without pay. Or, if changing an employee's schedule to accommodate a religious belief would wreak havoc on a seniority system and cause severe morale problems among other employees, the employer might not have to agree to it.
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There's a reason most city/county libraries across the country are closed on Sundays.
When I was a child, the only businesses open on Sunday were drug stores (and not usually all day) and hospitals. A few gas stations might be open. But that was all. Then they relaxed the Blue Laws, and malls started opening from noon to 6:00pm or so.
And your point is? Or are we back to the Tuesday thing again?
Did you expect to be paid for that day? No one I know of including myself ever expected to get paid for having Sunday off.
In New York City, in the time of the Sunday Blue Law, the Jews were allowed to open their stores on Sunday but only if they were closed on Saturday. It was a fair exchange.
You worked a four day week then?
'Damages might be just part of the cost to the library district. The judge also could order it to pay Rehm's legal fees – and Gibbs' firm is seeking nearly $300,000 for their work.'
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And if the library district doesn't have to pay the $300,000 in legal fees, who will? Surely not Mrs. Rehm.
I disagree with this ruling. An employer should have no requirement to consider a persons religion in business decisions, & it would be illegal. If the woman doesn't want to work on Sunday, find another job. Now the library's other employees will have to work more often on Sunday, to cover for the woman.
Or perhaps the library should close on Sunday; & Friday & Saturday also to accommodate muslims & Jews. With enough diversity in the library staff, the library will close for good - 7 days a week.
And what if this were a hospital or police station. Would they be forced to close on Sunday to accommodate a pious community?
If this woman had said her beliefs prohibit her working on even numbered days, must her employer keep her on staff? Suppose she is undecided about whether to be a muslim, Jew, or Christian & decides to honor all three holy days while she makes her decision? Prayer rugs & prayer rooms & goat sacrifices in the conference room can't be far behind. This is all ludicrous!
This ruling also opens up another problem. If working on Sunday is taboo, how about Easter or Christmas or the MONTH of Ramadan or the umpteen other religious holidays of the hundreds of religions & sects. How could a large employer schedule his work force, given that he can't ask about an employee's religion? How could a 24/7 manufacturer function if a large group of employees wont work on certain days?
Finally, if any day is holy to a religion, wouldn't it be disrespectful & discriminatory for ANY commerce to take place on that day, so all business must remain closed out of respect & consideration?
This woman is forcing her religious beliefs on the library, & that is wrong.
This decision is opening a door to special treatment for anyone who only has to say he/she is religious.
All Muslims can demand Fridays off.
All Jews can demand Saturdays off.
All Christians can demand Sundays off.
I wonder which days Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists and Wiccans practice.
Now that's a scary thought!
No in many cases, I worked a 6 day week.
So when you applied for a job with a schedule of Thursday through Monday you told your employer that you'd take it but you wouldn't work Sundays?
The last job I held the schedule started on Thursday and ran through Wednesday. Sundays were many times the only day off I had. I took the job with the understanding of having Sunday off because of church obligations, chiefly because I am minister's wife.
Did you demand Sunday off under the law? Or, was it a job where it didn't matter?
I am trying to get to the bottom of your understanding of the law. Do you think you are entitled to Sundays off no matter who you work for? Do you think the law provides for that?
"Do you think you are entitled to Sundays off no matter who you work for? Do you think the law provides for that?"
Do I think I'm entitled, no more than the next person. The law provides protection for my desire to fullfill my religious beliefs and under that law, if I request accomodation for my beliefs, they are required to oblige me.
As for any employer I work for, it would be a consideration on my part as to who I worked for. I realize that's not an option for everyone.
I didn't demand at my last job, I requested. The manager and I discussed it quite lengthily and I never once brought up the law.
they are not "required" to accommodate you.
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