Christians worldwide will be significantly impacted by the Supreme Court of the United States’ historic decision.
The United States Supreme Court decides unanimously in support of the right of a Christian postal carrier to attend church on Sundays rather than carry mail for the USPS.
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Pennsylvanian Gerald Groff was forced by USPS to deliver items from Amazon on Sundays. Groff acknowledged his reluctance to deliver items on Sundays, though, because he personally believed in keeping the Sabbath on those days.
With the recent verdict, Christians can have a lasting influence on workplace religious accommodations.
Here is what Fox News said about the significant decision:
In a landmark religious liberty decision, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of a Pennsylvania postal worker.
Gerald Groff, a Pennsylvania-based Christian mail carrier, filed a lawsuit in order to find out whether the USPS may require him to deliver Amazon items on Sundays, a day that he keeps as his Sabbath. Groff, who is being defended by attorney Aaron Streett, requests that the court reexamine a decision that was established 50 years ago and spelled out the conditions under which employers must provide reasonable accommodations for their workers’ religious practices.
The high court overruled its 1977 judgment in favor of the government employee, holding that businesses must “reasonably accommodate” an employee’s religious views and practices as long as doing so does not put a “undue hardship” on the company.
The most recent ruling tightens the “undue hardship” criterion, thus increasing the possibility that some employees would get workplace religious accommodations.
Employers are obligated by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to respect the religious beliefs of their workers unless doing so would cause “undue hardship” for the company. Trans World Airlines v. Hardison, a 1977 Supreme Court case, held that businesses might refuse to provide accommodations for workers’ religious beliefs if they imposed “more than a de minimis cost” on the company.
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Forbes claims:
The Supreme Court broadens workplace religion tolerance, advancing workplace equality. A decision against a former postal worker who requested time off on Sundays for religious observance has been reversed, raising the bar for employers who choose to reject religious accommodations.
Gerald Groff, a former postal worker who claimed to abstain from work on Sundays due to his faith, had prior judgments against him unanimously overturned. In the end, Groff sued the U.S. Postal Service and announced his resignation from the organization.
Due to a shortage of substitute employees, USPS management forced Groff to work on Sundays even though it wasn’t his planned shift. Since USPS doesn’t function on Sundays, this was a requirement of an arrangement with Amazon to handle package delivery. Groff said that the supervisors’ reprimands of him for resisting violated his federal rights.
The Supreme Court has previously ruled that employers shouldn’t have to “bear more than a de minimus cost” to accommodate a worker’s religion. Groff’s lawsuit challenged this ruling, arguing that he should have been granted accommodations and the court should change its precedent. Federal law requires accommodations for employees’ religions unless they would impose “undue hardship” on the employer.
