Supreme Court Expands Religious Protections for Employees

In a recent unanimous ruling, the justices of the US Supreme Court made it easier for workers to seek religious accommodations on the job. Employers will now have to “show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business” before they can deny a reasonable request for religious accommodations. Read this article from Fisher Phillips for tips on how nonprofits should handle employee requests for religious accommodation.