This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses California's new workplace protections for employees' religious dress and grooming practices. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act currently protects employees from discrimination on the basis of religious creed. On September 8, 2012, California enacted Assembly Bill 1964, which amends the Fair Employment and Housing Act to explicitly protect religious dress and grooming practices such as religious clothing, jewelry, and head or facial hair. Employers must reasonably accommodate employees' religious dress and grooming practices, except when doing so would cause an undue hardship on the business. The law takes effect on January 1, 2013.