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Showing posts with label Religious discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious discrimination. Show all posts
Friday, November 22, 2013
Advocacy Groups Charge Michigan Banks Are Closing Muslim Customers' Bank Accounts
The Detroit News reported yesterday that CAIR-Michigan has asked the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look into charges that JPMorgan Chase is closing bank accounts of Muslim customers in the metropolitan Detroit area. In July, the Arab-American Civil Rights League complained to the Justice Department and filed a class-action lawsuit making similar charges against Huntington National Bank.
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Religious discrimination
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Federal Jury Awards Portland City Employee Damages In Religious Harassment Case
In Portland, Oregon, a federal jury earlier this month awarded a former city employee damages of $14,080. It found in its Nov. 8 special verdict (full text) that plaintiff was subjected to a hostile work environment based on her religion, and that the city knew or should have known about the situation and failed to take prompt effective remedial action. As reported by yesterday's Oregonian, the complaint (full text) in Griffin v. City of Portland, (D OR, filed 4/9/2013) claimed that co-worker Theresa Lareau harassed plaintiff KellyMarie Griffin about her strong Christian beliefs, repeatedly making profane statements that offended Griffin and telling Griffin: "I’m tired of your Christian attitude and your Christian shit all over your desk and your Christian shit all over the place. I’m going to file a complaint against you the next time I sneeze and you say 'bless you'. You’re just doing it for the attention; you wear it on your sleeve like a badge and I’m sick of it. It offends me."
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Oregon,
Religious discrimination
Monday, November 18, 2013
Hotel Settles Religious Discrimination Suit With EEOC
The EEOC announced today that the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico has agreed to settle a religious discrimination suit brought by the EEOC charging that the hotel refused to accommodate a Muslim employee, Safia Abdullah, who was hired for a housekeeping position. The hotel insisted that Abdullah remove her hijab (religious head scarf), and fired her when she refused. Under the settlement, the hotel will pay $100,000 in damages and consent to an injunction baring future discriminatory practices. It will also institute new training and notice procedures.
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Hijab,
Religious discrimination
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