EEOC Sues Puerto Rico Hospital Claiming Religious Discrimination

The EEOC announced on Thursday that it has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Puerto Rico’s largest medical center, Hospital Auxilio Mutuo. The hospital refused to accommodate a male registered nurse whose Santeria religious beliefs requires him to wear his hair long. EEOC alleges that the hospital suspended the male nurse, even though it allows women nurses to wear their hair in any length.