Relevant court cases

This is a list of court cases that seem relevant to AI-related workplace accommodations based on religious conviction. This post will be updated periodically. Please send along any that we should add.

EEOC v. Consol Energy, Inc (2015/2017) which began with an employee who had a religious objection to using a biometric hand scanner at work

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022), which involved a football coach and prayers at games

Groff v. DeJoy (2023), reinforces the notion that to deny an accommodation, employers must show it subjects them to “undue hardship”

Gardner-Alfred v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2025/2026), suggests that sincere belief is more important than adherence to specific religious dogma in a request for a religious accommodation

Keene et al v. City and County of San Francisco et al (2024), suggests that religious exemptions cannot be denied without engaging in an “interactive process”

Bube v. Aspirus Hospital, Inc.(2024), shows that employers need to show specific hardships from exemptions, not just “workplace disruptions”