Human Resources Classified Staff
Policy and Procedures
Policy # 409.0
Effective: 09/88
Section: Employee Relations
Subject: Religious Holidays
POLICY
The University of Arizona requires responsible administrators to reasonably accommodate the religious needs of Classified Staff employees in keeping with the following guidelines and limitations.
Employees may not be discriminated against because of their religious belief or practice, or absence of religious belief. Responsible administrators must make a reasonable attempt to accommodate individual religious practices. Refusal to accommodate a Classified Staff employee's request for time off from work to observe religious holidays is justified only when University operations would suffer unduly because of the employee's absence.
Absences from work for the purpose of observance of religious holidays which do not coincide with designated official University holidays shall be charged to accrued vacation, approved absence without pay, accrued compensatory time, or accommodated by an alternate work schedule approved in advance by the responsible administrator.
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