At the law firm of Olde & Waize,it is the receptionist's job to coordinate a monthly birthday celebration,which includes ordering and picking up a cake,putting up birthday flyers,setting up the break room,and cleaning the break room after the party.Harold,the new receptionist,informs Ms.Olde that he cannot coordinate birthday celebrations because his religion does not believe in them.Which of the following is the most reasonable way to accommodate Harold's conflict without causing undue hardship?

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Olde & Waize can accommodate Harold's religious conflict by having him set up and clean up the break room, similar to what would be done for any other event or meeting with food, while assigning other willing employees to order and pick up the cake and put up birthday flyers. 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.

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