Legal Opinion
Angeline S. Protos v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 29, 1986No. 85-3591PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964, employers are required to make reasonable accommodation for the religious practices of their employees. In this case, the district court, 615 F.Supp. 1513, ruled that Volkswagen of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) had violated the statute by refusing to accommodate the request of an assembly line employee to be excused from overtime work on Saturday, her Sabbath. This appeal requires us to consider whether the trial judge erred in determining that accommodation of the request would not cause the company undue…
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