Supreme Court decision will impact religious accommodations requests

Abstract

The last few days of the U.S. Supreme Court term usually include headliner cases, and this year was no different, with the affirmative action admissions cases and the Court's decision permitting a web designer to limit wedding services based on religious beliefs. Relatively speaking, the Court's decision on a different religious accommodations case, Groff v. DeJoy, Postmaster General, S. Ct. Case 22‐174, June 29, 2023, flew under the radar. But the Court's ruling on this case will have a significant impact on the way institutions respond to requests for religious accommodations from employees and may also bring students’ religious accommodations issues to light.