Posted on 10/23/2015 3:23:37 PM PDT by lowbridge
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission won $240,000 in damages for two Muslim truck drivers after it sued their former employer for religious discrimination for firing the drivers for refusing to make beer deliveries.
The EEOC said that Star Transport Inc., a trucking company based in Morton, Ill., violated their religious rights by refusing to accommodate their objections to delivering alcoholic beverages.
"EEOC is proud to support the rights of workers to equal treatment in the workplace without having to sacrifice their religious beliefs or practices," EEOC General Counsel David Lopez announced Thursday. "This is fundamental to the American principles of religious freedom and tolerance."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Don’t hire Muslims. Problem fixed.
why are they not protecting the rest of our rights?....
So now it is “reasonable accommodation” to have to dispatch a second truck to make the deliveries that the Muzzies refuse to do? Simple solution, just never hire Muzzies.
Soooo.
Policy now says we serve anyone.
Then relieve employees under this standard.
This is an employee ruling not a corporate policy ruling, but it certainly seems to open the door to employees being protected.
Exactly. This cannot stand.
So can a if a Jew takes a job at a hog farm he can sue for lack of “reasonable accomodations”? What happens if someone who’s visually impaired gets turned down as an NFL referee? Though with some of the bad calls made, I wonder if the NFL is already complying with any potential “guidelines” in this respect, but that’s another matter.
The Koran says ONLY that Muslims cannot CONSUME alcohol or pork products. There is NO restriction on mere handling or transporting of alcohol (truckers, Minneapolis cab drivers) nor of handling packages of bacon (separate lawsuit by Muslim clerk against Target). Why does no lawyer bring the Koran to court and challenge this?
So they were damaged to the tune of hundreds of thousands for getting paid to drive a truck?
It would be bad enough if the Muzzies were suing, but our own government is behind this absurdity. We know the EEOC would NEVER afford privileges like this to Christians.
Lesson: Don't associate with backwards muzzies who have no business living in a free society.
Just one more baby step for Sharia Law....
Muslims are not your friend no matter how long they have been living near you....when the call comes for them to act....
Then why can't they sue for Christian Bakers who refuse to bake wedding cakes for homosexuals?
So if Muslims don’t have to do parts of their jobs they don’t like to keep their jobs why can’t County Clerks not have to do parts of their jobs to keep their jobs? Or is there some supersecret distinction Obama and Co are working on finding?
Of all the feral government bureaucracies ripe for dismantling, this one, along with EPA is at the top of the list.
This is wrong and unconstitutional. The first amendment, freedom of assembly incorporates the right to assemble for any purpose (including business / employment) and also incorporates the right to NOT assemble.
Employers are free to hire and fire anyone, for any reason, at any time. Unfortunately, the Republican sponsored Civil Rights act in 1964 SERIOUSLY trampled on that 1st Amendment right.
Camel.. Tent.. Yada yada..
If a hiring manager suspects that a prospective employee will be trouble in the future they can usually find a way to disqualify the person from further consideration. It may need to be done very artfully but it usually can be done.
If a new employee refuses to do something and they did not say anything about this in the hiring process then you may have a good case for insubordination. But you must ensure that you ask about objections to doing the work needed during the interview and the results must be recorded in the record of interview.
If a current employee suddenly refuses to do something they have previously done on the job then you may also have a good case for insubordination. Alternatively, the employees value to the firm has just dropped significantly because another person is needed to pick up the slack. This means very low or no raise when it is raise time and a front position in the layoff line.
We have got so far from recognizing what constitutional rights are that it’s crazy.
What next? Women co-workers must wear hijabs?
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