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Accommodations

PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit ruled that, while the U.S. Postal Service did not provide a reasonable accommodation to a former employee who was fired for refusing to work on Sundays due to his religious beliefs, the accommodation sought — never working on Sundays — would cause an “undue hardship” on USPS.

/ May 26, 2022
U.S. Postal Service mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb., on Aug. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

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