This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses the California Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 (WRFA), which went into effect on January 1, 2013. The WRFA amends the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) by expanding the scope of workplace protections for employees' religious beliefs. For example, protected religious beliefs under the WRFA include religious dress and grooming practices. The WRFA also provides that an accommodation of an employee's religious beliefs is not reasonable if the accommodation segregates the employee from his co-workers or the public. Furthermore, the WRFA applies the same standard in religious accommodation cases as in other accommodation cases under the FEHA, by requiring an employer to show that the "undue burden" created by a religious accommodation requires significant difficulty or expense.