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In class on Monday we discussed discrimination in the work place. There are many instances i can think of in my work environments that have involved discrimination. One example involves discrimination because of Religion. I used to work for West Corporation and while i was employed there there was an employee who would have scheduled payed breaks to pray. In his Religion, at certain times of the day, he would have to face a certain direction and say a prayer. This is an accommodation that the corporation allowed him to do. Employers have an obligation to accommodate religious practices as long as the accommodation does not create more than a minimum cost to the employer. In this case the employee was using his own scheduled breaks to pray and it did not have a negative impact on the company.