USCCB Praises Supreme Court’s Decision to Expand Religious Protections for Employees

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released a statement praising the Supreme Court’s decision to protect employees’ religious beliefs in the case of a mail carrier who would not work on the sabbath.

On June 29, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in Groff v. DeJoy, saying that employers could not issue a common test to see what religious accommodations a new employee would need. Now, employers must grant employees’ requests for religious accommodations unless those accommodations would place “substantial increased costs” on the business. ---More...