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EEO Professionals from 22 agencies attended the audio
conference held at 2 Washington Street.
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DCAS Citywide EEO hosted an audio conference on “Religious Accommodation and the Holiday Season –What is Legally Permissible?”
presented by Thompson
Interactive on December
19, 2007. Burton J. Fishman,
an attorney with Fortney &
Scott, LLC in Washington,
D.C. and the author of
Thompson's recently
published Workplace
Accommodations for
Disability and
Religion,
was the speaker.
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Mr. Fishman is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on workplace law. A well-known speaker and writer, Mr. Fishman has written over 100 books and articles in the employment field, including The ADA: Ten Years After, HR Guide to Employee Management, The HR Question and Answer Book, and Workplace Privacy.
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In photo from left to right: Deputy Commissioner Crothers (DCAS), Stanley Whing (HPD), Luis Burgos (DOC), Ilene Lees (DCAS), Lyndelle Phillips (FDNY), Jackie Landow-Feigel (OMB), Jewel Jones (DOHMH) and Norma Martin (DCAS).
Photo credit: Mailen Nunez, DCAS
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Mr. Fishman's presentation included a discussion of some of the most common issues employers are facing. For example: what to do when employees bring religion to the workplace; request prayer time; and share their faith with co-workers, subordinates, customers and the public. Mr. Fishman offered practical solutions, tips to avoid religious discrimination and answered the questions posed by the participants.
Over 30 city agency representatives from 22 agencies attended the session on workplace expressions of religious beliefs during the holiday season and the agencies’ obligation to accommodate various religious practices under federal, state and local laws.
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