3.0.0 677 2022-02-03T05:25:26Z 2022-02-03T05:25:26Z Senate S S 2005-03-17 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-03-18T02:45:19Z Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005 109 1445 HR 2005-11-10 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Identical bill CRS 2006-02-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1407-1409) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3057-3058) IntroReferral 2005-03-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3057) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-17 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 2005-03-17 True E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2005-03-17 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2005-03-17 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2005-03-17 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-03-17 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-03-17 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-03-17 True T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2005-03-17 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-03-17 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2005-03-17 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2005-03-17 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2005-04-04 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-04-04 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-04-04 False D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2005-04-27 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 2005-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-05T18:58:46Z Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify the definition of "religion" for purposes of coverage under that Act by requiring employers to make an affirmative and bona fide effort to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of employees. Defines the term "perform the essential functions" to exclude practices having a temporary or tangential impact on an employee's ability to perform job functions, such as practices relating to clothing or taking time off work. Sets forth factors to consider in determining whether an accommodation causes undue hardship. Defines "employee" to require an ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requires removal of the conflict between employment requirements and the employee's religious practices in order for an accommodation to be considered reasonable.

Considers an employer's refusal to permit an employee's use of general leave to remove a religious conflict solely because the leave will be used to accommodate religious practices to be an unlawful employment practice.

States that the amendments made by this Act do not apply with respect to conduct occurring prior to enactment.

]]> Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005 Display Title Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005 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 2005-03-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s677is/xml/BILLS-109s677is.xml 2006-02-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1407-1409) 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.