New Guidelines on Religious Discrimination in Workplace
Thursday July 24, 2008
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has revised its guidelines on how to handle religious diversity issues in the workplace, according to a story in Business Week. Due to the increasing number of religious discrimination complaints being filed -- nearly 3000 last year -- the revisions include examples that will help employers understand exactly what qualifies as religious discrimination. You can read the EEOC's press release, or check out the Questions and Answers section of the agency's site.
Think you might be a victim of religious discrimination at work? Read on for more info: Rights of Pagans and Wiccans in the Workplace
Think you might be a victim of religious discrimination at work? Read on for more info: Rights of Pagans and Wiccans in the Workplace
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I’m not so sure I like the line about how proselytizing is OK. I am currently not in the public workforce, but self-employed, but I was eventually going to go part time… however knowing that I could be victim of overzealous proselytizing and not be able to file a complaint about it makes me not want to go back to work.
It doesn’t look like all proselytizing is protected. If I’m reading the FAQ right, if you’ve asked that the offending co-worker stop, and they haven’t, you could file a complaint on the grounds that they are creating a hostile work environment.
“For example, if an employee’s proselytizing interfered with work, the employer would not have to allow it. Similarly, if an employee complained about proselytizing by a co-worker, the employer can require that the proselytizing to the complaining employee cease.”
Proselytizing is only allowed to a certain extent.