If the library is open on Sunday, you might have a chance. However in an area where most people spend Sunday in Church rather than the library, your case is weaker since they would have to hire someone else to cover for you on Saturday - which makes it a de minimis hardship. Your case is better in Brooklyn where the presences of many Sabbath observing users makes it less of a hardship to have a Sabbath observing librarian, and makes it seem more like discrimination. If they are open Sunday (in a system in which everyone works Saturday), they could, according to the EEOC, be expected to ask if anyone wants to trade days - but in many parts of the country that won't be an option.
Especially if they are open Sundays and evenings, see if they have part timers, or if they have any jobs that don't require Saturdays. Ask about technical service jobs. Target libraries that are open on Sunday - but if the library is routinely closed Sunday and open Saturday, and that reflects the needs of their users, it would raise more than the "de minimis" hardship if they hired you for a public service position that is routinely Mon-Sat. Aaron On Tue, 8 May 2012, abigail bacon wrote: > I'm going to be relocating shortly and I am interested in working in > the public library system. Until now I have been in an academic > library and have had no problems at all with shabbat or holidays. Is > it possible for an Orthodox person in the NJ/NY area to work in the > public library system? Here in Cincinnati and N. Kentucky, I was told > that working on Saturdays is a requirement for all applicants, which > is an allowable expectation because they are not discriminating > against any specific religion. > > Thanks for chiming in (anecdotal evidence will be welcomed as well!) > Avigaille Katz > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Aaron Wolfe Kuperman Library of Congress, ABA USPL, Law Cataloging Section This is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress. __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
