United States: Is A Request For Religious Accommodation Protected Activity For A Title VII Retaliation Claim?

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has maintained in its Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation that "persons requesting religious accommodation under Title VII are protected against retaliation for making such requests." In its Questions and Answers: Religious Discrimination in the Workplace, the EEOC "has taken the position that requesting religious accommodation is protected activity."

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