Title VII protects sincerely held religious beliefs and the practices that are required to observe these beliefs. It is not necessary that the person's beliefs be a part of an organized religion, but only that they occupy a place in the believer's life.
Title VII requires an employer to provide a reasonable accomodation to sincerely held religious beliefs such as providing Seventh Day Adventists with time off on the weekends. An employer can avoid providing accomodation if it can demonstrate that to do so would create an undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.
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Answered on May 15th, 2014 at 3:07 PM