Inclusive Holidays: Navigating Religious Accommodations in the Workplace
October 29, 2025 1:00 EDT
Building a truly inclusive workplace means recognizing the diverse holidays and religious observances of your employees. For HR professionals, understanding how to balance organizational needs with respectful accommodations is essential for fostering trust and engagement across all levels within an organization.
Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the latest best practices and legal considerations for holidays, inclusion, and religious accommodations. Whether you are new to HR or experienced in leading strategic initiatives, this session will provide actionable knowledge and tools to help you create a more welcoming environment for everyone.
What you’ll gain:
A foundational understanding of religious accommodation laws and compliance requirements.
Practical strategies for managing holiday schedules and time-off requests equitably.
Approaches to inclusive policy development that reflect a diverse workforce.
Communication techniques for addressing sensitive topics with empathy and professionalism.
Real-world examples of successful accommodations and inclusive holiday practices.
Empower yourself to acknowledge employees’ beliefs, practices, and traditions while strengthening your organization’s culture. This webinar offers both the essential knowledge HR practitioners need and the strategic insights senior leaders require to drive meaningful change. Join us to advance your skills and make inclusion a cornerstone of your HR practice.
SHRM Knowledge Advisors will join the live webinar to answer your questions in real time—right in the chat. If we don’t get to your question during the session? No problem, SHRM members can head to SHRM Connect after this webinar to keep the conversation going with advisors for 30 extra minutes. This benefit is only for members who join the live webinar and not included later on demand.
Meet the Presenters
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Jonathan Segal
Jonathan is a partner at Duane Morris LLP in its Employment Group. Jonathan also is the managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute, which provides business-focused training on myriad employment issues.
Jonathan has trained federal judges across the country on employment issues for more than 20 years. Most recently, Jonathan provided formal training at a Judicial Conference to federal circuit and district judges on the new provisions in the Judicial Code of Conduct as they relate to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, reporting and abusive conduct.
Jonathan has been cited as a national authority on employment issues in articles in SHRM, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review, USAToday, Bloomberg, Forbes, Associated Press, Reuters, Business Week, CNN, Money, SHRM, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Philadelphia Business Journal, among many other publications.
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Katie Brennan
Katie Brennan, SHRM-CP, has been a SHRM HR Knowledge Advisor since October 2015. With nearly two decades of experience in human resources, Katie has worked for both large and small employers in the public and private sectors. She began her HR career in higher education, later transitioned into the hospitality industry, and eventually moved into the nonprofit realm. She holds a bachelor's degree in human resource development from the University of Florida.
As an HR Knowledge Advisor, Katie enjoys talking to members through scenarios and sharing her general HR knowledge. For her, the work-life balance afforded by her role is a bonus.
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Rima Hopkins
Dynamic HR professional with over 15 years of comprehensive experience in strategic HR partnership across diverse high-growth environments, specializing in talent management, organizational development, and change management. Influential HR Professional with a proven track record of driving talent development, enhancing employee engagement, and aligning HR strategies with business objectives to foster organizational success. Collaborative and analytical problem solver adept at leveraging data-driven insights and executing creative solutions that improve individual and team performance.
SHRM certification has approved this webinar for 1 PDC toward SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. A program code will be provided at the end of the webinar.