Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Pennsylvania

Religion in the Workplace

A woman accepts a job to which she will work every weekend. After she is employed for a little while explains that she is not supposed to work on the Sabbath, Friday @ sundown-Saturday @ sundown. Boss tells her no. She accepts. New boss comes in and she asks again. A year later. Her days off are approved. She is not Jewish. She is a member of a Christian based group called Faith, Hope, and Love Outreach Ministry. Does the constitution protect her from working on the Sabbath if she is Christian and all other Christian's are able to?


Asked on 6/17/05, 10:11 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

Re: Religion in the Workplace

Her genuinely-held religious beliefs are protected regardless of what other religious sects might believe. There are a variety of differences between the beliefs held by the different Christian denominations, and the fact that a particular belief is not shared by most Christians does not make it invalid or lessen its entitlement to legal protection.

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Answered on 6/19/05, 4:21 pm


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