{"content":[{"text":"University Procedure: Procedure for Employees Requesting Religious Accommodations \n Related Policy Category: Personnel \n Subject: Request Religious Accommodations \n Office(s) Responsible for Review of this Procedure: Human Resources \n Supplemental Documents: Religious Accommodation Request and Employer Response Form","bbox":{"left":0.127451,"top":0.150427,"width":0.7296279999999999,"height":0.11537800000000001}},{"text":"Related University Policies: Discrimination and Non-Title IX Sexual Misconduct Policy and Leave \n Policies","bbox":{"left":0.127451,"top":0.274518,"width":0.759931,"height":0.03401500000000002}},{"text":"I.","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.344821,"width":0.012946,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"SCOPE","bbox":{"left":0.168235,"top":0.344821,"width":0.06487200000000001,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"American University respects the religious beliefs and practices of all employees and will make \n reasonable workplace accommodations for such observances that do not create an undue hardship \n on the University’s operations or activities. This procedure applies to all faculty and staff of \n American University.","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.379518,"width":0.7475040000000001,"height":0.06825699999999996}},{"text":"II.","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.465124,"width":0.020788999999999988,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"DEFINITIONS","bbox":{"left":0.168235,"top":0.465124,"width":0.136672,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"Religion – Include all aspects of religious observance and practice as well as sincerely held religious \n belief. Religion includes traditional, organized religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism \n and Buddhism, as well as sincerely held religious beliefs that are new, uncommon, not part of a formal \n church or sect, only subscribed to by a small number of people, or that seem illogical or unreasonable \n to others.","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.499972,"width":0.7660980000000001,"height":0.085227}},{"text":"Religious accommodation – A reasonable adjustment to the work environment that will allow the \n employee to comply with their sincerely held religious beliefs without causing undue hardship to \n University operations or activities. This may include, but is not limited to, an employee requesting to \n take a particular day or time period off for a religious holiday, an employee requesting an exception to \n a department’s uniform requirements to wear certain religious garb, beards or hair styles, an employee \n requesting time and a place to pray or an atheist asking to be excused from a religious invocation.","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.602245,"width":0.76824,"height":0.10219699999999998}},{"text":"Undue hardship – Includes any accommodation that would impose more than a de minimis \n cost or burden on the University’s operations or activities.","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.722094,"width":0.680421,"height":0.03416599999999992}},{"text":"Department Head – The executive, dean, assistant vice president or equivalent who has oversight for a \n department or school.","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.7727,"width":0.777966,"height":0.03416599999999992}},{"text":"III.","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.823912,"width":0.028632000000000005,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"PROCEDURE","bbox":{"left":0.168235,"top":0.823912,"width":0.126441,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"An employee whose sincerely held religious beliefs conflict with his or her job duties, work schedule, \n the University’s policy or practice on dress and appearance, or other aspects of their employment, may \n request a religious accommodation by submitting a request to the Office of Human Resources. \n Employees must use the Religious Accommodation Request Form (“Form”) to request a religious \n 1","bbox":{"left":0.109412,"top":0.863154,"width":0.773112,"height":0.09022699999999995}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.117647,"top":0.085859,"width":0.706516,"height":0.033333}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.117647,"top":0.085859,"width":0.706516,"height":0.033333}]}