Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Unión Independiente De La Autoridad De Acueductos Y Alcantarillados

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• explaining that the employer bears the burden to show that any accommodation would result in undue hardship
• noting that sincerity is a credibility issue ordinarily reserved for the factfinder at trial
• relying on First Amendment jurisprudence in evaluating the breadth of protection afforded under Title VII for a Seventh-Day Adventist
• reversing the lower court’s grant of summary judgment because there was a genuine dispute concerning the employee’s religious belief
• relying on First Amendment jurisprudence to define “religion” for purposes of Title VII
• “In order to satisfy this element, the plaintiff must demonstrate both that the belief or practice is religious and it is sincerely held.”

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