Supreme Court· 6/16/1977

Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison

Citations

432 U.S. 63
97 S. Ct. 2264
53 L. Ed. 2d 113
1977 U.S. LEXIS 115
14 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 7620
14 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1697

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holding that employer reasonably accommodated Seventh Day Adventist employee by, inter alia, agreeing to permit any shift exchanges that employee could arrange on his own
holding that to leave the employer short-handed would involve costs to the employer “in the form of lost efficiency”
holding that requirement of reasonable accommodation of religious beliefs was defensible construction of Title VII before Congress amended statute to explicitly so require
holding that to leave the em ployer short-handed would involve costs to the employer “in the form of lost efficiency”
holding that an agreed-upon seniority system did not “give way” to an employer’s duty to “reasonably accommodate” religious observance under Title VII
holding that an agreed-upon seniority system did not \give way\ to an employer's duty to \reasonably accommodate\ religious observance under Title VII

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