Posted AT 12:51 AM EST on 05/07/08
Spirituality and the workplace
KIRA VERMOND
Globe and Mail Update
Even the most socially awkward of us know there are three topics of conversation to be avoided in polite company: Sex, politics and religion.
But when it comes to the workplace, spiritual chatter is on the rise as companies pay out anywhere between $1,500 to $2,500 for religious diversity trainers to educate workers about, say, why devout Muslim co-workers pray or why a co-worker urging another to accept Christ as a personal saviour may be legally protected.
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