Nursing Home Settles Religious Accommodation Suit With EEOC

The EEOC announced yesterday that a consent decree has been entered in a religious discrimination lawsuit it filed against Menorah House, a Boca Raton, Florida nursing and rehabilitation facility.  The suit was filed on behalf of two Seventh Day Adventist nursing assistants who were fired after they refused to comply with management's new policy of requiring everyone to work on Saturdays.  The EEOC said that Menorah House had a duty to reasonably accommodate the nursing assistants' religious beliefs. In the settlement, Menorah House agreed to pay $125,000 in damages, revise its written policies and conduct anti-discrimination training for all employees.