Why, short of religious bias, would an employer ask about an
applicant's religious observances or practices? Applicants may have
many reasons for preferring not to work on Saturday, or Sunday, or
whatever day is in question.
An employer who wishes to ascertain whether an employee can perfo
Mike,
Why isn't the failure to disclose incapacity to perform essential duties of the
job a form of fraud by the applicant upon the prospective employer (putting
aside the fact that employers aren't allowed to ask the candidate his/her
religion)?
Bob Ritter
On July 26, 2012 at 4:31 PM Michael M
Marc, you state: "no employer with any choice at all will hire such a person"
and call it discrimination. If an applicant cannot fulfill the responsibilities
of the job, the employer shouldn't hire the candidate. That's not
discrimination, rather its sound judgment. I'm sorry if the idiosyncrasies
In an interesting decision, a federal district judge today relied on RFRA to
enjoin enforcement of the ACA mandate against a small manufacturing company
whose officers and directors are Catholic. Details at
http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2012/07/court-issues-preliminary-injunction-in.html
