Alice Stock and Christopher Chan authored this article for the Employment & Industrial Relations Law Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division. The article addresses religious discrimination in the U.S. workplace and cites a study by the Tanenbaum Center, which found that those who worked in highly diverse workplaces were more likely to report religious discrimination. These statistics suggest that as U.S. workplaces continue to become more diverse, increased conflict will arise between employment practices and religious beliefs. The article goes on to discuss solutions, stating that religious conflict stems more from non-accommodation of religious beliefs rather than religious bias. Thus, employers’ proactive adoption of religious discrimination and accommodation policies is a good starting point to minimize potential conflict.

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