can a employer refuse to let you attend religious services?

Question

i heard that they might not like letting me off to go because the one person that works where i do asked for weekends off so he can attend to church services and such. and he doesn't even go.

could he be the one hurting me because i told them when i have to go but they schedual me when i have to go.

well i told them about this when they hired me and they still don't listen. i go saturday nights(i'm roman catholic) and i distribute communion

Answer 1

That is a 2 part question. now. I employee 24 people. OK?

No. I can't refuse anything on religious beliefs.[ as long as it is NOT a direct conflict with my corp. operations] Your employer can't either. Your employer can , make you work on any day in need of the co. without ever mentioning religion. OK?

Answer 2

It depends upon the contract you have with the company.

If an employee ever mentions "religion" in the workplace, it opens up a big can of worms for the company. This is where they will bring in the Lawyer that specializes in HR, and another that specializes in religious discrimination.

An employer can not discriminate against an individual on the basis of religion, or religious practices. They are required to "accomodate" the religious practices of an employee, to the extent that business needs are not adverserly affected by the accomodation.

If the company hired you to work Saturdays, and Sundays, you can't claim Sunday off, on religious grounds.

If the company hired you to work five days out of seven, whether or not you can successfully claim religious discrimination is questionable: If you are the lowest person on the hierarchy, and they go strictly by hierrchy, then you probably are stuck. If you are the top person on the hierarchy, and they go strictly by hierarchy, then there is a problem.

A well run company (that is open 7 days a week) will give employees a choice of shifts to work. The HR Scheduling co-ordinator simply starts with the person at the top of the list, selects their first 5 choices, then proceeds down the line. (Or more commonly, runs everything thru their shift scheduling program.) If no shifts that an individual wants are available, then that individual resends the shift form to that individual. This process shows that the company made a good faith effort to accomodate the religious (or other) needs of the individual. As such a discrimination suit will be nothing more than a nuicance suit.

If you were hired to work Monday through Friday, and your employed decided to make you work Sunday thru Thursday, after bieng told that you can't work Sundays, you _might_ have a discrimination case, if you can conclusively prove that the reason you were changed to work Sundary through Thursday, was deliberate, not related to "business necessity", and a consequence of being told that you wanted Sunday off for religious reasons.

For legal/practical reasons, HR should not know why you want a day off, merely that you want the day off.

Note: I am not a lawyer.

Answer 3

Decisions on days off and schedules should have nothing to do with religious services. Legally employers can't even ask about any religion. When hiring if someone states they need Wednesdays and Sundays off and there is room for someone with those demands then they can hire them. If the employer states that they are hiring and need workers on those days they don't have to hire them.

Right now where i am we are hiring people. We usually bring people in for a first interview and ask them if they can work Sundays even though it seems like almost everyone has they can do that on their application. If they can't we have gotten to the point we wont hire them. (They can't work on Sundays but they can go shopping where other people work.) Our manager is the founder of a church and his wife is the pastor but he still manages to work about every third Sunday in rotation with the assistants so that doesn't matter as an excuse anymore. It ends up not being fair to the other employees as if everyone could work some then they could rotate and everyone would have some weekends off.

Answer 4

Yes an employer can refuse to allow you to attend church services. There isn't even a law stating how many days off you can have during the week. The simple fact is that you should have explained to your employer that you need this day off to attend services. If they couldn't do it then they would have told you, and you could have made the decision to take the job or not.
Whether or not this man even goes to church or not is none of your business. The fact is he asked for those days off and received them. Thems the breaks.

Answer 5

Yes. If you were hired to work a shift, you need to work that shift, or your employer could justifiably terminate your employment. There's nothing in the federal labor laws that say an employer has to give any employee certain days off or time off for church or religious ceremonies.

On the other hand, the employer can't treat you differently than other employees because of your religious beliefs.

Answer 6

An employer does not have to give you preferential treatment to attend religious services. That is not the same thing as refusing to allow you to attend them though. If you don't want to be discriminated against because of your religion, don't discuss your religious beliefs in the workplace. There will rarely be an opportunity that EVERYONE you work with will believe what you believe unless you work inside your church.

Answer 7

You need to read your handbook regarding any religious issues and / or scheduling regarding those issues. There is generally certain events they will give you leave for; however, I have worked in environments that made no distinction between any events, including weddings or funerals, and the only way to have that time off was to either plan it in advance so it could be scheduled off or to get someone to exchange hours with me.

Answer 8

Your employer is not obligated to take your desires for time off into consideration when making the schedules, even if it causes conflict with your religious services.

They can't dictate anything about your religious practices when your off duty though.

Answer 9

At 14 years previous, you have the "top" to refuse to pass to church, yet is it clever to, ought to you? Do your mothers and fathers have the main remarkable to refuse you the flaws you opt for for (yet no longer decide for) yet can no longer locate the money for to purchase your self? Why do you no longer decide for to pass to church anymore? have you ever lost your faith? Are you at that element on your life have been you question each little thing (rebellious) whilst i became youthful i thought I knew ever situation and that my mothers and fathers have been so previous vogue and stupid (My mothers and fathers have been by no ability stupid, my mom became a instructor and my Dad labored for the government) yet in my youthful lack of understanding i thought I knew extra clever. pass to church until you're 18 and pass out of the homestead, then you fairly could additionally make your man or woman regulations and be in charge on your man or woman life. until you progression out and preserve your self, understand your mothers and fathers needs and manage those few hours of religion. Now to promptly answer your question, Does a 14 twelve months previous have the "top" to refuse to attend religious centers? No, do you need to hear or carry on with what's taught once you're there, No, you do have the main remarkable to have confidence what ever you opt for for yet regrettably you could no longer fairly act on it until the two you swap 18 and pass out or you advance into an emancipated minor.

Answer 10

You can make time for church and work. Just schedule your work after church services.