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Thread ID: 139416 2015-04-28 12:29:00 Religion in the work place DeSade (984) PC World Chat
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1399535 2015-04-28 12:29:00 Guys a question has come up within my circle causing discussion.
None of us know enough about to to say for sure and so far Google has come up empty.

Muslims have to pray something like 5 times a day and at certain times.
How does that fit in with a time critical role in the work place where you just can't have them take off like that.

If a cigarette break is denied and toilet breaks strongly discouraged (effectively banned as we are all adults and have learned a modicum of control in this area) during the critical period can you also deny religious breaks?
DeSade (984)
1399536 2015-04-28 13:55:00 They can do their prayer during their breaks?
www.dol.govt.nz
Chilling_Silence (9)
1399537 2015-04-28 14:00:00 As a base we used a time critical role for the example. Breaks are not permitted during this time and we assumed at least one of those "prayer times" will be in the critical period.

Also using Muslim again as an example 5x a day is 2 more than the standard 3 breaks a day.
DeSade (984)
1399538 2015-04-28 15:35:00 Do muslims have to pray 5 times a day and at certain times?

Yes to 5 times a day, because if they don't they are sinning and considered non believers. They do have certain times, but if they can not do it at that time, they must do it later. They have shorter versions of their prayers, and even some ability to combine prayers together.

They understand these things and it's best to actually discuss it with muslims because they could explain how they overcome situations where it does make it hard but they usually can make up for it within the same day.

Cheers,

KK
Kame (312)
1399539 2015-04-28 19:54:00 I worked with a Ba'Hai (sp?) guy once.
He had to have different religious days off, so he worked over our breaks, and had his leave at other times.

Worked with a Muslim lady once too.
She did pray - during breaks, but depending how radical they are I guess you can adjust the times a bit....

And who denies toilet breaks anyway?
pctek (84)
1399540 2015-04-28 22:10:00 No one.
The example that started this discussion and then lead me here to seek your opinions postulated that breaks of any kind during the critical period were disallowed.
Reasons do not matter this is a case study.
DeSade (984)
1399541 2015-04-28 22:19:00 i will defecate and urinate when i need to. no one can stop me.

the cult of society has no sway over my actions.
Mirddes (10)
1399542 2015-04-28 23:01:00 i will defecate and urinate when i need to. no one can stop me.

Me too. I go every morning at 5.30 am.

Makes a bit of a mess of the bed though, but it sure wakes SWMBO up.

Ken
kenj (9738)
1399543 2015-04-28 23:07:00 Now we know why you have to buy her all those cleaning things for retirement don't we! Richard (739)
1399544 2015-04-28 23:40:00 I know of some businesses, like airports that now have a dedicated prayer room for this reason. Not sure how they work the timing though. Alex B (15479)
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