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DEP'T OF CIVIL RIGHTS EX REL. PARKS v. GMC

Docket No. 78-1885.

93 Mich. App. 366 (1979)

287 N.W.2d 240

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS ex rel MARY PARKS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otis M. Smith, General Counsel (by Michael J. Connally), for General Motors Corporation.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Michael A. Lockman and Gary Kress, Assistants Attorney General, for defendant.

Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and ALLEN and D.C. RILEY, JJ.

ALLEN, J.

This case presents a question of first impression in this jurisdiction: Whether the Michigan State Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA), and in particular § 3(a) thereof, MCL 423.303(a); MSA 17.458(3)(a), prohibiting an employer "to discriminate against" any employee because of religion also imposes a duty on the employer to make reasonable accommodation to the religious needs of employees. The trial court answered that question in the negative and...

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