Workplace Religious Objections Struggle Despite New Legal Test

Religious objections to politically tinged workplace policies continue to face an uphill battle in court, even though a recent US Supreme Court case made it easier for employees to bring such claims under federal anti-discrimination law.

Last year’s Groff v. DeJoy decision created a new standard that prohibits employers from denying a religious accommodation on the grounds that it’s an undue hardship unless they can show that the burden of granting it “would result in substantial increased costs” to the business.

This test for religious accommodations under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act took hold at the same ...