In late July, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its Compliance Manual to include a new section on religious discrimination in the workplace. The section contains a review of EEOC policies regarding religious discrimination, harassment, and accommodation. The agency also issued a companion “question-and-answer fact sheet” and a “best practices booklet.” The documents are available on the EEOC’s website: www.eeoc.gov. According to the EEOC, it issued the new section “in response to an increase in charges of religious discrimination, increased religious diversity in the United States, and requests for guidance from stakeholders and agency personnel investigating and litigating claims of religious discrimination.