Walmart Says EEOC Trying to Rewrite Worker Religious Rights Law

A Walmart in a Wisconsin resort town violated a newly hired Seventh-day Adventist worker’s rights when it merely offered to help him find another position after he disclosed his Sabbath needs, the EEOC is expected to tell the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday—an argument the retailer says will expand federal law if accepted.

During the oral argument, Walmart Stores Inc. will argue that a ruling for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would “re-write the law” to broaden the scope of an employer’s obligation to accommodate workers’ religious practices under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

But the job accommodation ...