Supreme Court Upholds Christian Postal Worker's Sunday Work Refusal

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Christian mail carrier who refused to work on Sundays, strengthening protections for workers seeking religious accommodations. While upholding the 1977 precedent that employers can deny accommodations if they impose minimal costs, the court set a "clarified standard" for determining when an employee's religious accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the employer. The decision sends the case back for further legal proceedings and follows a series of recent rulings in favor of religious parties by the conservative Supreme Court.