11Employees—religious practice

11 Employees—religious practice It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the ground of religious conviction by refusing the employee permission to carry out a religious practice during working hours, being a practice— (a) of a kind recognised as necessary or desirable by people of the same religious conviction as that of the employee; and (b) the performance of which during working hours is reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the employment; and (c) that does not subject the employer to unreasonable detriment.