This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision of June 29, 2023 in Groff v. DeJoy, clarifying employers’ obligations to accommodate employees’ religious practices, and ending the long-established "de minimis" test. The Court provided clarifications regarding the meaning of “undue hardship” and held that Title VII requires an employer who denies a religious accommodation must show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in “substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business.”
This article was originally published by Foley & Lardner LLP on July 3, 2023.