EEOC Religious Accommodation Suit Settled

The EEOC announced last week that an educational testing company, Measurement Inc., has settled a lawsuit filed against it by the EEOC charging it with religious discrimination.  The suit was brought on behalf of employee Jacqueline Dukes who was a member of the Christian denomination Children of Yisrael. Her religious beliefs preclude her from working on her Sabbath, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Her employer fired her for refusing to work on her Sabbath instead of accommodating her religious beliefs.  In the settlement, Measurement Inc. has agreed to pay compensatory damages plus $110,000 in back pay.  The three-year consent decree also requires the company to avoid further religious discrimination, institute anti-discrimination training, post a notice about the lawsuit and report on its handling of other religious accommodation requests. [Thanks to Steven H. Sholk for the lead.]