Fired NY State Worker Advances Case Over Saturday Sabbath Shifts

A fired employee can pursue claims against New York, a state agency, and her union for making her work on her Sabbath because it’s unclear whether her proposed accommodations would pose an undue burden.

It’s too soon to tell if letting the Seventh-day Adventist avoid Saturday shifts entirely or allowing her to swap those shifts with coworkers each week would pose a hardship for the defendants, even with a collective bargaining agreement geared toward seniority, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said. But the worker didn’t sufficiently allege she faced outright religious bias or ...