RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
Representative Cases
- Resolved a case in which an employee who worked for an aerospace defense contractor alleged it was discrimination against his Quaker religion to force him to install parts on an airplane that was then sold to the US military. The Company contended the parts that Plaintiff installed were installed on both military and civilian airplanes and at the stage of assembly where Plaintiff worked, the planes were interchangeable. It was only weeks later in the assembly process where the plans were separated into military and civilian aircraft assembly lines. Defendant offered to allow Plaintiff to take a different assembly line position, but one that called for a lower pay rate than the specialized function he was currently on.
- Resolved a class action case where numerous employees claimed they were unable to work on the sabbath because of their religion and therefore they lost weekend premium pay. They requested the employer to allow them to have preferential hiring for Saturday work where premium pay was granted. The Defendant argued that Sunday was the day where it needed employees most and therefore it offered the highest premium pay that day.