When You Wish Upon A Scheduling Accommodation, Dreams Come True…

The obligation for an employer to generally make scheduling accommodations to enable an employee to follow the basic tenets of his or her religious faith is a well-established requirement under Title VII's anti-discrimination provisions. For example, employers are generally required to accommodate a request by a Catholic employee for a schedule change so that he can attend church services on Good Friday. With that said, employers are not required to make such an accommodation if it causes "undue hardship" – meaning causes "more than ordinary" increased administrative costs, diminished efficiency in other jobs, infringement on other employees' job rights or benefits, impaired workplace safety, or requirement that co-workers carry the accommodated employee's share of potentially hazardous or burdensome work.