Back in December, an administrative judge for the EEOC ruled against former TSA employee Carole Smith in her complaint that she was harassed at the workplace and ultimately fired for being a Wiccan. She is appealing that decision, and her story – told by MSNBC's Bill Dedman – is well worth the read.
If you were the boss at a U.S. government agency and one of your employees complained that she was afraid of a co-worker's religious practices, what would you do?
Would it change your decision if the religion were Wicca, and the employee feared her co-worker because she thought she might cast a spell on her?
Here's how the Transportation Security Administration handled it:
It fired the witch.
Read the whole thing.
