Supreme Court weighs in on religious accommodations in the workplace.

The Supreme Court is reviewing the case of a part-time mail carrier who quit his job after he was forced to deliver packages on Sundays, when he observes the Sabbath. The case centers on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits religious discrimination in the workplace and requires employers to “reasonably accommodate” an employee’s religious observance unless that accommodation would impose an “undue hardship” on the business. A majority of justices expressed interest in a compromise that would balance religious rights in the workplace with the burden they might impose on employers and co-workers, without getting rid of past precedent.