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Religious Rights and Employment: My religion requires me to pray during work hours and to observe religious holidays. What are my rights?

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So this is very similar to the last issue of, you know, what can you wear, and again, if it’s not an undue burden on the employer they have to try and accommodate it. Sometimes it means taking off the entire day. Certain religions allow for prayer on Saturday. Some religions allow for prayer on Sunday. Employers, if they can, should not schedule you on those days. They should schedule around that. If it’s prayer within your workday, possibly there’s a way you can structure it such that you could do it during your break.

San Francisco Employment Attorney, Traci Hinden, explains how the burden is on the employer to try and accommodate employee’s religious practices.

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