Court Finds Employee Was Offered Religious Accommodation

In Antoine v. First Student, Inc., (ED LA, Nov. 4, 2011), a Louisiana federal magistrate judge held that a company which operated school buses for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana had attempted to reasonably accommodate the religious needs of a Seventh Day Adventist bus driver.  The court rejected plaintiff's Title VII religious discrimination claim, finding that the company allowed him to swap his Friday afternoon route with a volunteer, or find a volunteer to cover the route. The company claimed that other alternatives would have violated its collective bargaining agreement. [Thanks to CCH Employment Law Daily via Steven H. Sholk for the lead.]