EEOC's Claim of Discrimination Against Muslim Employee Is Settled

The Belleville News-Democrat yesterday reported that a suburban St. Louis company has settled a religious discrimination lawsuit brought against it by the EEOC on behalf of a Muslim woman. Mariam Soultan, former employee of Client Services, Inc., claims she was fired because she refused to remove her religious headscarf. The compay has agreed to pay $65,000 in damages and to revise its dress code.