Cosmas v. Hassett

How courts have described this case

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• affirming that employer offered employee reasonable accommodation by transferring him to a lower position, albeit with higher pay
• finding plaintiff’s “claim of wrongful discharge in violation 14 of public policy,” premised on failure to accommodate religious beliefs and 15 inability to work through the Sabbath, “survives federal preemption”
• finding a religious 28 discrimination suit brought under FEHA not preempted
• transfer of employee to avoid Sabbath work to position which paid less per hour was reasonable accommodation
• offer of lateral job transfer constituted reasonable accommodation under state religious discrimination law akin to Title VII
• “If the CBA does not govern the offending 8 behavior, section 301 does not preempt [the plaintiff’s] emotional distress claim.”

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