Transformational seminars have spawned a number of legal suits against employers. These suits have resulted in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (February 22, 1988) rendering a ruling on the use of such seminars in the work place. The ruling states, “Where an employee notifies an employer that his/her religious beliefs conflict with a particular training technique or method used in a ‘new age’ training program, an employer may accommodate the employee’s belief by substituting an alternative technique or method not offensive to the employee’s belief or by excusing the employee from that particular part of the training program.” For a complete copy of the EEOC ruling see
www.EEOC.gov. (The direct path to the ruling is as follows:
www.opm.gov/hrd/lead/Policy/eccoc915.htm − 628B is the document needed. The ruling is also available at Goggle.com with a search of eeoc, 628B).