EEOC Sues Company On Behalf of Driver Fired For Not Working Sundays

Yesterday's Charlottesville (VA) Daily Progress reported that the the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission late last month filed a Title VII religious discrimination lawsuit against Cardinal Health Inc. The suit charges that the company failed to accommodate the religious needs of a driver who for religious reasons refused to work on Sundays. Employee Howard Thompson was fired from his Charlottesville-based job after three years of working for Cardinal, when he refused to work on rotating Sundays. A spokesman for Cardinal Health says the company is confident that it has complied with the law.