Spiritual Discrimination at work is Not Just Wrong, It’s Against the Law

It is not legal under both Federal and State Law to discriminate in the “terms or conditions of work” on the principle of a person’s religious sentiments or practices. The phrase “terms or conditions of work” applies to many facets of a person’s job: interviewing, hiring, your position, pay, title, hours, vacation, reasonable accommodations to watch Sabbath or other religious days, and other details of employment.

According to Fed Law, bosses must make reasonable accommodations of a person’s religious beliefs or practices at work, unless doing so would create an unjustified trouble on the employer. Unjustified difficulty is located when the accommodation is economically hard, or when accommodating the religious principles of one worker are biased to other employees who don't have the same convictions. However , almost all of the time accommodations don't create an undue hardship. Further, it is unbecoming and many times illegal for your employer to ask about the specifics of your religious beliefs, your availability for future holidays based primarily on religion, or to require a dress code that violates a person’s religious principles or practices.

Often religious discrimination is compounded by nationwide origin discrimination and racial discrimination. Many cultures have a state faith or a practice that is not Judeo-Christian based or mirrored in mainstream American culture. It doesn't matter- these faiths are still covered. So whether an individual is Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Shinto, Jain, Sikh or Bhuddist, they're all covered. Further, religious discrimination can also happen to non-believers.

If you have received harassment based on your religious principles, practices, lack of religious sentiments or practices, or your dress (such as wearing a yarmulke at work) you may be the victim of religious discrimination. It is illegal for you to be treated differently than other workers who don't share your faith or convictions. It is important to contact an experienced discrimination lawyer to talk about your present position and the way the law might be able to help.

Shara Kleinerman was discriminated against at work due to her religious convictions and she needed a discrimination lawyers to help her. She found that employment attorneys were those who could get her job back.