 Dear CHCOs and Deputy CHCOs,
Today OPM issued a memorandum titled, "Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace" to provide guidance to agencies on robustly protecting and enforcing each Federal employee’s right to engage in religious expression in the Federal workplace consistent with the U.S. Constitution, Title VII, and other applicable sources of law. It should be read in conjunction with OPM’s Reasonable Accommodations for Religious Purposes memo, issued on July 16, 2025.
Agencies should allow personal religious expression by Federal employees to the greatest extent possible unless such expression would impose an undue hardship on business operations. And they should review and (if necessary) revise their internal policies to ensure that they appropriately protect religious expression.
Agencies are encouraged to review all agency personnel policies to ensure they comply with this guidance and appropriately protect the rights of Federal employees to engage in personal religious expression in the Federal workplace.
For additional information and support, agency headquarters-level human resources policy offices may email religiousfreedom@opm.gov. Component-level human resources offices must contact their agency headquarters for assistance. Employees must contact their agency human resources offices for further information.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
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