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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just spoke to my supervisor about the new OPM guidance. I don’t have to provide any details. I simply have to state in my request that for genuinely held religious reasons I desire to pray during regular breaks on Fridays. I requested a Friday telework accommodation for a “time-specific religious practice” and that was it.

My boss said the memo basically shifts the burden to agencies to establish solid reasons for denying such requests. They can’t question the religion (it can be anything, even yoga with a spiritual bent), the practice (it can be anything, as long as it’s characterized by the employee as prayer or practice), or the length of employee’s commitment to the religion (I could have adopted it yesterday).

The only way to deny is to document how and why teleworking imposes “undue hardship” on the agency. Scott Kapur of OPM wrote the memo and he’s also the force behind[b] the new policy that allows employees to try to convert colleagues during working hours.[/quote][/b]

Interesting.  We just fired someone for that last week.  (Large IT Company)[/quote]

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