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Monday, January 16, 2006
Unemployment Compensation Awarded To Seventh Day Adventist
Last week in Gent v. Pride Ambulance Co., (Ct. App. MI, Jan. 12, 2006) a Michigan appellate court found that a Seventh Day Adventist who refused to work as a paramedic on Saturday, her Sabbath, was nevertheless entitled to unemployment compensation payments. A rule of the Michigan Employment Security Commission provides :"An individual who refuses to work on the Sabbath designated by his or her religion ... solely because of conscientious observance of the Sabbath as a matter of religious conviction shall not, for that reason, be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits."