Ramadan Starts Soon: Considerations for Employers
Ramadan is coming up soon, so now is a good time to consider religious accommodations and legal protections for Muslim employees. Quick Hits Employers may need to provide religious accommodations to Muslim workers during the month of Ramadan. Ramadan will begin on the evening of February 28, 2025, or March 1, 2025, depending on the moon. Ramadan will end on the evening of March 29, 2025, or March 30, 2025, with the Eid al-Fitr holiday to begin the following day. Ramadan is expected to begin on the evening of February 28, 2025, and end on the evening of March 30, 2025. Because the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, the exact start and end dates of Ramadan depend on sightings of the crescent moon . Each year, Ramadan lasts twenty-nine or thirty days. Eid al-Fitr is the religious holiday celebrated the day after Ramadan. Muslims observing Ramadan abstain from eating and drinking from dawn—approximately an hour and a half before sunrise—until dusk every day during Ramadan. Many Mu...