Legal Opinion
Sikiru Adeyeye v. Heartland Sweeteners, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 2013No. 12-3820PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of religion. Among other consequences, the law requires a covered employer to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee’s request te participate in a religious observance or practice if an accommodation would not cause the employer undue hardship. Plaintiff Sikiru Adeyeye made such a request to his former employer, defendant Heartland Sweeteners, LLC, after his father’s death. Adeyeye is a native of Nigeria who moved to the United States in 2008. He requested several…
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