A trio of Amazon employees in Minnesota claims the company perpetuates a hostile work environment for Muslim employees in a complaint filed with the EEOC.
UPS has agreed to payments and new training procedures to settle claims brought by the EEOC that the company discriminated against employees by failing to accommodate hair length required by their religious beliefs.
The EEOC has routinely held hospital-employers accountable for refusing to accommodate an employee’s religious objection to flu vaccination requirements. A new case involves a Tennessee hospital accused of declining a previously granted accommodation.
“Walmart still needs to learn” that employers should seek to accommodate scheduling requests based on an employee’s religious requirements, according to the EEOC in announcing a new discrimination suit.
A large jury verdict in New York sends a strong message: employees should not be required to choose between having a job and engaging in religious practices that align with their conscience.