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Several of our employees are requesting Good Friday off (without pay)as a religious Holiday. The CFO is very disbelieving that this is an actual religious holiday and is demanding written proof of suc
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Religious Holiday-Is proof required?
posted at 4/18/2000 8:46 AM EDT
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Several of our employees are requesting Good Friday off (without pay)as a religious Holiday. The CFO is very disbelieving that this is an actual religious holiday and is demanding written proof of such. Does anyone know where I can find such evidence? |
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Religious Holiday-Is proof required?
posted at 4/23/2000 6:27 AM EDT
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TonetteP:
Ask the CFO why he is disbelieving only this holiday? Does he/she want a note for Christmas? Are religious holidays only those the CFO or the company recognizes? Why does the CFO even care if the holidays are without pay? Your CFO is coming dangerously close to setting him/her self up for a discrimination suit. In order to establish the "proof" required the Company will have to this for every holiday otherwise it will be at risk for determining what is a bona fide religion and an bona fide religious holiday. After those questions are answered now we at the point of determinig what is an acceptable way of "celebrating the holiday". Must everyone go to church to prove it is religious? Are we getting in too deep yet? Suggest we back away from all this and take an enlightened approach. If you trust your employees and one wants any day off without pay then the request should normally be granted particularly if it is for a religious reason. If you or your CFO does not trust the employees then we have a much larger issue. Why doesn't the CFO trust them? We are you treating them like children? What kind of an atmosphere is there among the workforce? The mere fact that many employees are asking for the day off is enough indication of the legitimacy of the request. Do not become the religious police it is a losing and inappropriate battleground. Howard |
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