As if the government hasn’t put a large enough burden on American corporations, now bi-partisan support could soon force Islamic sharia law in the workplace. America’s premiere employer of terrorists strongly supports the bill.
WASHINGTON (RNS) More than a decade after it was first introduced, an on-again off-again bill to protect employees’ religious expression in the workplace is attracting renewed attention that could lead to action on Capitol Hill in coming weeks.
The Workplace Religious Freedom Act would revise and strengthen the existing requirements imposed on employers to accommodate the religious practices of their employees.
“The bill will be introduced to Congress soon in a fashion that will eliminate the concerns some folks had since its inception,” said Richard Foltin, the director of national and legislative affairs for the American Jewish Committee.
If passed, the now narrowly tailored legislation would require employers to make reasonable accommodation in the three areas where the vast majority of religious accommodation claims fall: religious clothing, grooming, and scheduling of religious holidays.
Whitney Smith, a spokeswoman for Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the bill’s lead sponsor in the Senate, said organizers are confident that with “the broad coalition of religious and civil rights organizations they’ve organized, they can finally pass this legislation in this Congress.”
The debate centers on when employees’ requests become an “undue hardship” for managers. The proposed bill would place a larger burden of proof on the employer by raising the standard to a “significant difficulty” for the employer.
“The employer is going to have to jump a lot higher now,” said Robert W. Tuttle, a church-state legal expert at George Washington University Law School.
Many corporations maintain the Civil Rights Act of 1964 adequately protects employee rights, and argue the bill would confound an already convoluted set of rules.
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, job discrimination complaints by Muslim women have more than doubled since 2001. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations recently filed a complaint on behalf of a Muslim woman who was told she couldn’t wear a headscarf on the job.
“Unless legislation is passed to correct the baseline, Muslims and Sikhs face an uphill battle,” said Amardeep Singh, co-founder and legal director of the Sikh Coalition. “It’s like we’re fighting a battle with wiffle-ball bats.”
Beyond the practical benefits to employees, supporters say the bill would send a strong message — the “new beginning” that President Obama promised the Muslim world last year — that America can accommodate religious minorities.
“WRFA would give us more tools,” said Corey Saylor, director of government affairs for CAIR. “It would be a sign to the world that America’s a land that accepts all people.”
via Workplace Religious Freedom Bill Finds Revived Interest – News.
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Very confusing? In your earlier article Dubai Muslims sent out a Memo to the Brits on how to behave according to the Muslims when visiting!!! Why don’t the American’s send Memo’s out letting them “Muslims” know that this is America and while working for an American Company, take vacation day’s and pray all you want. If you need to pray five times a day, go pray in your car. I am in Sales Manager and when I accepted this position, I am a Christian that is not able to attend Good Friday Mass, I didn’t call the Christian News and smack my employer around, I accepted this position knowing that I would have to make sacrifices – Welcome to America maybe you didn’t get the Memo!
“… that America’s a land that accepts all people”. Maybe so, but not all ideologies. Don’t let the last 40 years of “progressive” blather fool you. Your time is coming. Secular violence is on its way. When enough Americans realize the over 800 acts of terrorism attempted in the US since 9/11 and their ISLAMIC roots, it will be on. I quote old Teddy “The American people are slow to anger but when they do it burns like an unquenchable flame” – paraphrased of course. They misread the American character.
Guess who’ll pay for it all! :((
FINE!! I hope that American Corporations and small business stop hiring any Muslims.
It really doesn’t seem like that big an issue, so they want to wear a headress, what’s wrong with that. I’m subjected constantly to offensive clothing choices all day yet no one makes an issue of obscene t-shirts, or obese people wearing offensively revealing clothing but when someone wants to wear something or observe certain days for their religious convictions we feel that they are being unreasonable. This county’s constitution is based expressly upon the individual’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of property, yet we oppose those who are desiring the same freedoms we want/have. All muslims are not warcrazed terrorists, there are good muslim people. The vast majority of KKK members claim to be christian, yet they do not exhibit that lifestyle, there are extremes in every religion and as a country that supports religious freedom we cannot suppress a whole religious group because of the extremists. That’s why it’s called tolerance, you don’t have to like it, but it’s right to allow it.