Mark Absher
11-24-10
2:30PM
A man has filed a federal lawsuit against Home Depot claiming religious discrimination. He claims that Home Depot did not find a full time job for him after his position as a receiving clerk was eliminated. He applied for another full time position but was not hired. He believes it is because he would not work on Sunday’s, is the reason he was not hired in another position. As a Roman Catholic he believes in following the Sabbath, which for them means working on Sunday’s is a sin. What is particularly damaging for Home Depot in the lawsuit is that it alleges that another employee was allowed to not work Saturday’s for “educational purposes.” I was a manager at Lowe’s for years and have some experience dealing with these types of situations. As a non-management employee you are bound to let them off to worship and the like. What will be difficult to prove for the former employee is that the reason they did not hire him is because of the no work on Sunday’s issue. Either way this is a messy situation for Home Depot and something we always tried to avoid at my former employer because of the nasty nature of such a suit. This is a social problem if the employee was truly discriminated against. Part of the freedom of religion has interpreted by the Court’s as freedom to worship and that employers must work around the beliefs of its employees. While this can be difficult for companies, it allows true freedom of religion. It keeps people from being unable to work because of their convictions, a fundamental American right.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/hd_brief-worker-sues-home-depot-claiming-religious-discrimination-1325928.html
4 comments:
I worked at a lake this past summer and they told me when they hired me that I had to work every Saturday and Sunday. It didn't really bother me because I'm not much of a church-goer anyways. Now, this article has me wondering if they would have hired me if I wanted Sunday mornings off to attend church services.
I believe that Home Depot got exactly what the deserved. I have worked many Sundays and I am a Christian. I don't really have a problem with working on Sunday's, though I would rather have them off so I could go to Church. If the job that I was working at, or try to apply for, told me that they would fire/not hire me because I wouldn't work on Sundays for Church reasons, then I would do the exact same thing that this person did.
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