· 3/22/1982
Marvin BRENER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIAGNOSTIC CENTER HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee
Citations
- 671 F.2d 141
- 28 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 907
- 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 20792
- 28 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 32,550
How courts have described this case
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- holding that, although “[o]f course, an employee is not required to modify his religious beliefs,” “[a] reasonable accommodation need not be on the employee’s terms, only”
- holding that employer need not compel other employees to accept less favorable working conditions to accommodate religious beliefs of another
- stating that the proposed solution of having another employee substitute had resulted in decreased efficiency
- holding that pharmacist, who was required to work weekends as part of rotational schedule and who observed Sabbath (from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday), was reasonably accommodated when he was allowed to trade shifts with other staff pharmacists
- stating that the hiring of another pharmacist ‘would plainly involve more than a de minimis cost’
- explaining that the statutory burden to accommodate rests with the employer
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Judges: Dyer, Johnson, Williams
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