Does a Seventh Day Adventist need to be available to work on a Saturday to qualify for unemployment benefits?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Can. Safeway Ltd. v. R., 1988 CanLII 3328 (BC SC):
In Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398. 10 L. Ed. 2d 965. 83 S. Ct. 1970 (1963), a Seventh Day Adventist was exempted from the South Carolina unemployment scheme’s prerequisite of being available to work Saturdays.
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