The Supreme Court will hear a case in which a Protestant employee claims the United States Postal Service failed to provide him with religious accommodations. USPS scheduled him to work on Sunday despite his willingness to work other shifts.
failed to provide him with religious accommodations. USPS scheduled him to work on Sunday despite his willingness to work other shifts.THE NEVER-ENDING WAR ON BRETT KAVANAUGH
Gerald Gruff had been working for USPS since 2012 in Pennsylvania, first as a mail carrier. When Sunday deliveries began at a different post, Groff, a devout Christian, asked for religious accommodation. At first, the postmaster granted that request so long as Groff filled in additional days and shifts, which he did. Later, USPS backtracked. At times, it scheduled Groff for Sunday shifts for which he didn’t show.
Groff and his attorneys are arguing that, as a federal employee with USPS, he was protected by Title VII from discrimination based on his religious beliefs and practices. This is the perfect opportunity for the Supreme Court to correct a poor precedent, set inAlready, the case has made a stir."A new Supreme Court case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground," a
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