3.0.0 3628 2020-02-10T17:02:41Z 2020-02-10T17:02:41Z Senate S S 2008-09-26 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-26T22:07:28Z 2008-09-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-09-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9710-9711) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clothing Discrimination in employment Employee rights Employers' liability Hours of labor Labor and Employment Law Leave of absence Religion Religion in the workplace Religious liberty Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

00 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-15T20:09:49Z Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2008 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that the practice of wearing religious clothing or a religious hairstyle, or of taking time off for a religious reason, imposes an undue hardship on the conduct of an employer's business in accommodating such practice only if the accommodation imposes a significant difficulty or expense on the conduct of the employer's business when considered in light of specified factors set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, including: (1) the nature and cost of the accommodation needed; (2) the financial resources and size of the business; and (3) the type of operation of the business.

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