Oral Argument: Adherents Of The Jewish Faith

Oral Argument Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Oral Argument Employees are protected from any form of discrimination based on the race, sex, religion, color and national origin under Title VII. Under the United States Constitution’s clauses, religion is protected. However, besides the protection of religion, claims of religious harassment are reported, but the protection makes them easier to prove. In our case Vetter v. Farmland Industries, Inc., 884 F. Supp. 1287 (N.D. lowa 1995), the plaintiff was terminated from his employment for insisting to live in a location from where his employer had offered accommodation and outside their area of sale. The plaintiff moved to court to allege that his employer had subjected him to disparate treatment based on his religion and failure to accommodate it. The defendant had claimed that he had provided adequate accommodation for the plaintiff. The case does not only raise the question of religious accommodation in the workplace but also are employers supposed to decide where their employees live? Where employees live can affect the businesses of their employers. For instance, if an employee lives far away from his place of work, he might be late affecting his performance as well as that of the overall business. However...