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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a Christian who is about to request Friday telework to attend an in-person prayer group at my church on Friday mornings. The June 16 OPM is so broad and so tilted toward the employee that I figure why not try this. I think you should definitely request it. No one but your supervisor needs to know the details. Good luck! 👍[/quote]

Do you have enough leave to cover the time off to attend?[/quote]

Read the memo. Telework accommodation for time-specific prayers. The burden shifts to agency to establish undue hardship.

I know the fed haters on DCUM will go apoplectic.[/quote]

Not the PP but I read the memo and nowhere in there does it say someone doesn’t have to take leave for these things, only that they should be allowed to telework.  Telework does not equal go to church (or the gym or grocery shopping).  That mindset is what got us here in the first place.[/quote]

No, but telework so that someone can go directly from work to an obligation and come back, taking leave or shifting hours or using their lunch break for the time they aren't working, is a RA.

I live a couple blocks from my house of worship.  If I have a religious obligation during the day, and I'm working from home, I might miss an hour for a 45 minute service.  I can use my lunch break, and add 30 minutes to my day in the morning or the end.  If I went to work, and wanted to do the same thing, I'd need 2 hours to incorporate my drive back and forth, and shifting my start time 2 hours earlier, or my end time 2 hours later doesn't work because of when I need to drop off or pick up my kids.  So, teleworking would let me fulfill my obligation.  What OP is asking is probably the same and a very reasonable request.  My only hesitation is if disclosing religion opens them up to discrimination. [/quote]

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