Questions tagged [religion]
Questions relating to situations in the Workplace that may intersect with religious practices, traditions, or cultural aspects of the ones involved. Please, make sure that the question (and answers) focuses on addressing the Professional part of the situation, and not the religious one.
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Do I have to attend a "Queer Town" workshop?
My work wants me to attend a workshop focused on LGBQI and intersex based topics.
I know you cannot discriminate against people for their race, religion or sexual orientation but I feel like this is ...
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Telling a small lie to manage profession does hurt ? Religion and politics vs workplace
There will be a cultural based festival, and I was invited to that.
But from my religious point of view it's 100% against of my principles.
Actually it's just a new year festival, and it's based on ...
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Sabbath Exemption on Saturdays [closed]
At my interview with my employer I told them that the only day I can't work is Saturdays due to my religious beliefs. I was told that was fine as long as I was ok with working on Sundays as the need ...
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May I say "Christ is Risen" at Easter in a workplace context? [closed]
Happy Easter! I ask this question on the last working day before Easter.
I work in a mostly online/remote environment with all of the employees in Australia, Switzerland, England, Spain, South Africa, ...
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Particular religious festivities that are occuring highlighted during a whole company meeting. Should I highlight this?
During a whole company meeting, in the first half of this year, there was an occasion in which two members of the company, one Jewish and the other Muslim, gave an overview of Passover and Eid, ...
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Muslim colleague is uncomfortable with 1:1 meeting and work culture — to what degree should I accommodate?
A female Muslim employee recently joined my team. I work in IT — cybersecurity as a the technical lead / team lead. She is considered to directly report to me. I am in the USA.
As a manager, I believe ...
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How to explain in application that I am leaving due to my current employer starting to promote religion?
I worked for a Christian charity that has changed its policy in 2020, now moving from charity to mission. While I strongly supported the charity causes of said institution I do not see myself as a ...
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Should I tell my manager that I'm not able to work on the weekend for religious reasons?
So the religion I follow does not permit working on our sabbath, which falls on Saturday. I specifically mentioned in my interview that there's no way I'd be able to work on Saturdays, but I didn't ...
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Secular Holidays Conundrum
My coworkers are doing Halloween and Christmas at work, I'm a Messianic Jew, how do I avoid ruining my relationship with them?
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Boss refusing vacation after tentatively agreeing but ticket booked! [closed]
So for the entire month of August I have been indicating to my boss and my team that I would like to take vacation end of Nov/beg of Dec and was saving all my time for then. It was never a problem and ...
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I was reported to HR as being a satan worshiper
I'm not a satanist. I recently bought a phone case with the anti-possession star from the TV show Supernatural printed on it. It's a personal phone, but it's on my desk all day so I can see if I get a ...
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Performance reduction as result of religious accommodation [duplicate]
Employers, in the U.S., are obligated to provide various religious accommodations to their employees, e.g. reasonable prayer breaks etc. But some religious pracices require types of abstinence, such ...
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Declining welcome lunch invitation at new job due to Ramadan
I am starting a new position next month and I have been kindly invited to a team lunch. I would love to go, but due to the month of Ramadan I will be fasting during the day - no food or drinks allowed....
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Forced resignation/sexual + religous harassment + injury [closed]
I applied and got a job around Thanksgiving, but I turned down the offer. The company gave my resume to a manager from a different company anyway. I was contacted a week before Christmas of 2018 ...
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What really is true equality [closed]
I have recently come upon a problem as an employer.
I have a software company, and for the most part we have 1,2 big projects going at a time, and then smaller side projects. Sometimes deadlines are ...
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