Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania State University v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 4, 1986No. Appeal, No. 3490 C.D. 1984PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Where one of the supervisors of a force of patrol officers, who maintain security around the clock seven days a week at a 35-building medical center, is a sergeant who refuses to work on any Saturday because of religious belief, is it a reasonable accommodation, without imposing undue hardship upon the medical center’s interests, to require that employer grant the sergeant leave as to his 26 scheduled Saturdays of work each year, while meeting the institution’s security needs by

*390(a) attempting to replace him with supervisory or non-superviso.ry officers working his…

2Cases cited9 opinions

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  3. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. HardisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Stone v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982

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