legislation: 110-s-3628
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| 110-s-3628 | 110 | s | 3628 | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2008 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2008 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that the practice of wearing religious clothing or a religious hairstyle, or of taking time off for a religious reason, imposes an undue hardship on the conduct of an employer's business in accommodating such practice only if the accommodation imposes a significant difficulty or expense on the conduct of the employer's business when considered in light of specified factors set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, including: (1) the nature and cost of the accommodation needed; (2) the financial resources and size of the business; and (3) the type of operation of the business. | 2020-02-10T17:02:41Z |