EEOC Sues Jewish Nursing Home For Refusing Sabbath Off For 7th Day Adventist

The EEOC announced last week that it has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Menorah House, a Jewish-affiliated Boca Raton, Florida nursing and rehabilitation facility. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Seventh Day Adventist employee of the nursing home who for ten years had her religious beliefs accommodated by not having to work from sundown Friday to sundown on Saturday.  However this changed when management instituted a new policy requiring all employees to work on Saturdays, regardless of their religious beliefs. The suit seeks reinstatement, back pay, damages and an injunction requiring Menorah House to reasonably accommodate religious needs of employees. Friday's South Florida Sun Sentinel reports on the lawsuit.