US Senator John Kerry has introduced the Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2010 to the US Senate.  For Sikhs, this law has important implications: Under current law, employers are required to make ‘reasonable accommodations’ for the religious practices of their employees.  Employers can bypass this requirement by showing that such accommodations would impose a minimal difficulty or expense on the employer’s business.  WRFA would still allow employers to deny religious accommodations, but only by proving that such accommodations would constitute […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: 111th Congress, John Kerry, Richard Santorum, Workplace Religious Freedom Act, WRFA