If other employees are not willing to trade places with the worker who has a religious conflict,the employer may have an argument that an accommodation of that conflict causes undue hardship.

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Courts have found, among other things, that it would be an undue hardship if an employer had to violate the seniority provision of a valid collective bargaining agreement, to pay out more than a "de minimis" cost (in terms of money or efficiency) to replace a worker who has religious conflicts, or to force other employees who do not wish to do so to trade places with the employee who has a religious conflict.

If Other Employees Are Not Willing to Trade Places with the Worker