Religious Accommodation Amendment of 1989

Summary

Religious Accommodation Amendment of 1989 - Amends provisions of title VII (Equal Employment Opportunities) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 defining "religion," for purposes of such title, to state that, if there are several reasonable accommodations that may be made to an employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or practice without causing an undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business, then the employer shall make any of the accommodations that will, in the opinion of the employee, be the least onerous to the employee.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 19 July 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 July 1989

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 July 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 24 August 1989

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in House · undated · Official file

Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 July 1989

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] · D · Sponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.