The U.S. Department of Energy’s plans to create a database of employees who need accommodations in the workplace for medical and non-medial requests has U.S. Senator James Lankford concerned about privacy of religious workers. He has sent a letter to the Department asking it to reconsider the new policy.
“While I understand the Department’s intent to manage accommodation requests effectively, I am deeply concerned that collecting detailed records on an individual’s sincerely held religious beliefs and practices—alongside other personal and sensitive information—poses a significant threat to the privacy and religious freedoms of federal employees. The federal government has an obligation to protect religious liberty, ensuring that individuals are not subject to unnecessary scrutiny or invasive data collection that could deter them from exercising their constitutionally protected rights,” Lankford wrote in the letter.
