Employer didn’t violate duty to accommodate Sabbath observer

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Abstract: This article explores a case in which the Sixth Circuit held that loss of pay couldn’t be considered discipline for an employee’s failure to comply with an employment requirement that conflicted with his religious beliefs. A sidebar discusses why the Seventh Circuit ruled that conduct trumps beliefs. It held that teachers and other public school employees have no right to make the promotion of religion part of their job descriptions. Tepper v. Potter, 505 F.3d 508 (6th Cir. 2007) Grossman v. South Shore Public School Dist., 507 F.3d 1097 (7th Cir. 2007)