Supreme Court – Separation of Church and State Religious employees should be watching the case of Groff v. DeJoy closely to see whether the Supreme Court will restore religious freedom to the workplace. It may be rare for religious employees to have conflicts between their jobs and their faith, but it happens with enough frequency that in 1972, Congress passed broad protections for religious employees. These protections fall under what is known as Title VII. Over the past five decades, however, courts watered those broad protections down. This has meant that religious employees are often now on the defensive when it comes to upholding their civil rights in the workplace. WHAT CAN THE SUPREME COURT DOBBS DECISION TELL US ABOUT ABORTION PILL CHALLENGES? Following the Supreme Court’s misstep in Trans World Airlines v. Hardison , judges began to undermine the protections of Title VII for religious employees. Employers may refuse an employee’s religious accommodation request if doing so would present a more than "de minimis" burden. If it were "just a little bit" of a burden for an employer, such as schedule swaps or employee morale, to accommodate one of the most central things to the human experience, religion, […]
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