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In reply to the discussion: Are employers required to grant Muslim employees prayer breaks? [View all]Kablooie
(18,572 posts)54. Workers have to accomodate to jobs, not vice versa.
Operations have to pause so the doctors can pray?
Busses can stop so the driver can pray?
And how would it look if TSA agents stopped checking bags several times a day to put down a mat and kowtow?
It's ridiculous.
Workers have to choose jobs that fit with their beliefs.
They can't barge into a company and demand the company accommodate their beliefs.
If they feel they have to be accommodated they must let the employer know when apply for the job and the employer must be free not to hire them.
Religious beliefs are just beliefs. They aren't laws of nature.
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Sorry, but I would oppose this strenuously, as I would for any Christian or Jewish-based allowance
Tarc
May 2016
#1
I know, but it appears they had gotten into the habit of taking two extra breaks.
Yo_Mama
May 2016
#21
Actually, I worked in a place that did allow Prayer breaks and Bible study groups on company time
Midnight Writer
May 2016
#13
If it caused work stoppages, it is an undue hardship. That's pretty much established law.
Yo_Mama
May 2016
#10
If you're working them enough that all 5 prayers would be on the clock, then there's a deeper issue
Scootaloo
May 2016
#18
when they rise in AM, before work, lunch break, after work, & bedtime. That's 5 prayer times?
Sunlei
May 2016
#27
If you are at work then work you lazy bums- Play with your mythical sky creatures on your own time
snooper2
May 2016
#34
I would agree in giving them the breaks but they shouldn't have to pay them for the time
ButterflyBlood
May 2016
#51