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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are full of anger and sh&t PP. If I want to go to my regular place of worship (near home) for a Bible study that meets on Friday mornings you can bet the farm that I will not be told I have to find a different church closer to work. And there is no requirement that I prove my attendance at the Bible study is a mandatory requirement of my faith. Sorry that you hate this situation.[/quote]

Im the PP and honestly I hope everyone can find a way to get TW back.  At the same time, its important to remember that you dont get to pick your accommodation so if you say i need to go to catholic mass they can say fine go to catholic mass then come back to work.

The key will be to craft your RA request in such a way that it is particulalrized in such a way that permits TW.  Again, I really do hope everyone finds a way to get more flexibility. [/quote]

Look, we keep telling you that you're wrong. These aren't physical disability accommodations where they will deny your request because severe backpain doesn't mean you can't commute and a standing desk will "suffice." They can't ask you much of anything about your religious RA and it's on the agency to prove there would be a [i]significant[/i] impact to operations.

Again you can deny disabled people all day but there are very high standards to deny religious RAs and plenty of ways to get fired for doing so. [/quote]

I think you are putting too much emphasis on the word, “significant.” Yes, it is true that the Supreme Court’s decision in Groff redefined the de minimus standard for showing undue hardship for religious accommodations. However, in my view, the standard for undue hardship in religious accommodation cases is now similar to the undue hardship in disability reasonable accommodation cases. Telework once or twice a week probably won’t pose an undue hardship for most occupations, but full time telework will likely be harder to get as a religious accommodation.[/quote]

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