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Dear All, The questions below have recently been put to me. I would be very interested to know how your University would respond. Berry > ______________________________________________ > > We have a new female member of academic staff who is Muslim, and we > are not sure which of her requests is reasonable in terms of religious > observance. The issues emerging are ones that have not arisen before; > we have female admin staff of the Muslim faith, and male academics who > are Muslim. > > The following issues have emerged so far with the new member of staff: > > * She is currently placed in a shared office with a male academic > - she is asking for a single room for religious reasons. This is > difficult but not completely impossible, but it will have an adverse > impact on other members of staff. We could, however, arrange for her > to share with a female staff member. > * She has informed her line manager she can undertake no teaching > at all on Eid - other colleagues have never raised this as a problem. > * She has left meetings, including one-to-one meetings with her > line manager that have been arranged especially for her, in order to > go to the prayer room - I know there are specific prayer times, but I > am not sure when they are, and there are concerns that this may > impinge on her teaching and other commitments. > > Obviously we want to accommodate all reasonable requests, but these > are issues neither I nor anyone in the School has encountered before. > > > Please can you advise? > > Many thanks > > > > -- Scanned by iCritical.