NEW YORK, NY — August 13, 2025 — With religious expression becoming a flashpoint in today’s politically charged workplace, nationally recognized employment attorney and author Steven Mitchell Sack, known as “The Employee’s Lawyer®,” is urging employers to walk a legal and ethical tightrope to protect religious freedom while preventing harassment and division among employees.
Sack, host of the podcast “Know Your Job Rights with Attorney Steven Sack” and author of the bestselling book “FIRED! Protect Your Rights & FIGHT BACK,” says the stakes have never been higher for companies navigating how much religious expression is too much — and when silence becomes discrimination.
“Respecting a worker’s faith is critical,” Sack says. “But when an employee crosses the line — telling others their religion is wrong or threatening eternal damnation — that’s no longer religious freedom. That’s harassment. And employers need to step in before it turns into a lawsuit.”
His comments follow recent high-profile legal developments, including the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Groff v. DeJoy, which expanded the obligation of employers to accommodate religious practices under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act — unless such accommodation imposes an undue hardship on the business or creates a hostile work environment. Multiple federal appeals courts have agreed: religious rights are not a license to disrupt or intimidate in the workplace.
Under new federal guidelines and in light of increasing polarization around faith in public life, employers are now under pressure to get this right. As debates rage from the boardroom to the breakroom, Sack offers practical, legally sound advice to avoid costly missteps.
Steven Mitchell Sack is available for interviews on navigating religion in the workplace, employee rights, and best practices for HR and leadership teams.
For more information, call (917) 371-8000 or visit www.theemployeeslawyer.com.
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About Steven Mitchell Sack
Steven Mitchell Sack, “The Employee’s Lawyer®,” has been enforcing the workplace rights of employees, executives, and sales representatives for more than 45 years. He is a practicing labor and employment attorney, author of 20 books, a lecturer, syndicated radio talk show host, and host of the podcast “Know Your Job Rights with Attorney Steven Sack.” With attorney Scott A. Lucas, he obtained a $6.2 million jury verdict in 2015 on behalf of three pregnant employees and a favorable New York Court of Appeals decision for a group of waiters who were denied their fair share of tips that a caterer withheld. For more information, visit www.theemployeeslawyer.com.
