A Supreme Court decision in favor of a Christian mailman who refused to work Sundays will make it easier for other employees seeking religious accommodations.
who refused to work Sundays will now make it easier for other employees to get religious accommodations at work, experts say.
“It’s a big deal for those employees who have religious beliefs that are sort of in the minority,” New York Law School professor Arthur Leonard told The Post Thursday. These types of requests will now have to be taken on a case-by-case basis where the size of a company and the amount of employees will have to be considered if a company tries to argue the accommodation request poses a significant expense, Leonard explained.
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