New Guidance on Federal Employees Sharing Their Faith
Dear Clients and Friends,
The Trump Administration is making great inroads in allowing federal employees to share their faith in the workplace.
Below text was copied from a detailed memorandum circulated yesterday by the United States Office of Personnel Management dated July 28, 2025.
“Employees must be allowed to engage in private religious expression in work areas to the same extent that they may engage in nonreligious private expression. Agencies may, however, reasonably regulate the time, place and manner of all employee speech, provided such regulations do not discriminate based on content or viewpoint (including religious viewpoints). Agencies may require that employees perform official work while on duty, as opposed to engaging in personal religious observances.”
“Categories of employee conduct which should not result in a disciplinary or corrective action include but are not limited to:
Display and Use of Items Used for Religious Purposes or Religious Icons
Expressions By Groups of Federal Employees
Conversations Between Federal Employees
Expressions Among or Directed at Members of the Public
Expressions in Areas Accessible to the Public
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. guidance.”
Oftentimes what begins at the federal level becomes implemented at the state level. Let’s hope so.
Below is the memorandum;
