Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 46 - PROCEDURE ON COMPLAINTS
Subchapter 7 - RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
Section 12-46-154 - Reasonable accommodation

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 12-46-154

Current through August, 2024

(a) After an employee or prospective employee notifies the employer or other covered entity of his or her need for a religious accommodation, the employer or other covered entity shall reasonably accommodate the individual's religious practices. A refusal to accommodate is justified only when an employer or other covered entity can demonstrate that an undue hardship would result from each available alternative method of accommodation. A mere assumption that many more people, with the same religious practices as the person being accommodated, may also need accommodation is not evidence of undue hardship.

(b) When there is more than one method of accommodation available which would not cause undue hardship, the commission will determine whether the accommodation offered is reasonable by examining:

(1) The alternatives for accommodation considered by the employer or other covered entity; and

(2) The alternatives for accommodation, if any, actually offered to the individual requiring accommodation.

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