Supreme Court· 6/29/2023

Groff v. DeJoy

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600 U.S. 447

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holding that “undue hardship” under Title VII means that the “accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business”
concluding, at summary judgment, that employer would suffer undue hardship in part because unvaccinated plaintiff would have caused health risk to coworkers and vulnerable patients
holding whether an accommodation constitutes undue hardship is a “fact specific inquiry” to evaluate if “a burden is substantial in the overall context of an employer’s business.”
finding that defendant demonstrated that accommodation of plaintiffs’ vaccination exemptions was an undue hardship because it risked defendant’s contract with the government and plaintiffs were unable to perform their jobs fully while unvaccinated
relating to a postal worker’s Sunday Sabbath obligations being in conflict with the U.S. Post Office’s contract with retailer Amazon to make Sunday deliveries
directing courts to resolve the undue hardship issue “in [a] common-sense manner” and to “take[] into account all relevant factors . . . including the particular accommodations at issue and their practical impact in light of the nature, size and operating cost of [the] employer”

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Judges: Samuel Alito

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