EEOC Sues Over Firing of Jehovah's Witness Employee Who Would Not Raise Flags

Pacific News Center reports today that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Aviation Concepts, an aircraft retailer and service provider in Guam. The suit charges that the company refused to accommodate the religious beliefs of a Jehovah's Witness employee.  The employee, a mechanic, was fired after he refused an order from his manager to raise the U.S. and Guam flags at the work site. Raising the flags would violate the employee's religious beliefs. The company denied the charges.