3.0.0 893 2023-01-15T23:33:09Z 2023-01-15T23:33:09Z Senate S S 2003-04-11 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-04-11T16:36:20Z 2003-04-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2003-04-11 True E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2003-04-11 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2003-04-11 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2003-04-11 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-04-11 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2003-04-11 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2003-04-11 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2003-04-11 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2003-04-11 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-04-11 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-05-07 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2003-05-08 False C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2003-05-12 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2003-05-22 False T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2003-06-18 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2003-06-26 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2003-07-15 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2003-07-16 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2003-07-30 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2003-09-04 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2004-02-12 False D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2004-06-17 False M001141 Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] ZELL MILLER D GA 2004-07-06 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clothing Discrimination in employment Employee rights Employee training Employers' liability Hours of labor Labor and Employment Law Leave of absence Recruiting of employees Religion Religion in the workplace Religious liberty Transfer of employees Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2003-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2003-09-17T21:17:57Z Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2003 - Amends the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 regarding religious observance in the workplace to declare that for an employer's accommodation of an employee's religious observance or practice to be considered reasonable, it must remove the conflict between employment requirements and the employee's religious observance or practice.

Deems as an unlawful employment practice an employer's refusal to permit an employee to use leave of general usage to remove the conflict solely because the leave will be used to accommodate the religious observance or practice of the employee.

]]> Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2003 Display Title Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-04-11T04:00:00Z 2003-04-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.