Employers must reasonably accommodate employees' sincerely held religious beliefs or practices unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the employer. A reasonable religious accommodation is any adjustment to the work environment that will allow the employee to practice his or her religion. Flexible scheduling, voluntary substitutions or swaps, job reassignments, lateral transfers and modifications to workplace practices, policies and/or procedures are examples of how an employer might accommodate an employee's religious beliefs.
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