A Chick-fil-A franchise is being sued by the EEOC for allegedly refusing a religious accommodation for a Christian employee. Given Chick-fil-A’s reputation as a faith-based company, that’s probably the last lawsuit you’d expect to see.
Chick-fil-A famously closes on Sundays, a nod back to founder S. Truett Cathy’s devout Christianity and his desire to ensure everyone had a day of rest. The company still sticks to that even though Cathy died in 2014, and people even jokingly refer to the restaurant as “the Lord’s chicken.”
According to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a particular franchisee, Hatch Trick, Inc, denied a religious accommodation to an employee.
According to the EEOC’s press release, the employee told Hatch Trick in her employment interview that due to her religious faith as a member of the United Church of God, which observes the Sabbath on Saturday, she would be unable to work on Saturday.
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