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Its not Christianity under attack its private property rights and freedom of association.
Unless there is a freely negotiated contract stating otherwise between the principles, it is perfectly within the rights of the employer to terminate the employee without penalty at any time for any reason.. And likewise it is within the right of the employee to terminate the agreement without penalty at any time, for any reason.
Unless the employer is terminating for something that is protected by law...
It was a jury that awarded it, not a judge. It was only symbolic. The cap on punitive damages is only $300K, so this woman will get that, minus $100K for her attorney.
Usually the loser has to pay the winner’s legal fees...
So? If the job requires an employee to work Sundays, than maybe she shouldn't have applied. Religion shouldn't be a protected class because it is a matter of choice, unlike race, color, sex and national origin, and she shouldn't be entitled to special treatment because of her beliefs.
What if the employer didn’t hire because she was a Christian?...Is that his right?...
Regardless of what the law says I find this absurd, if you can accommodate the employee fantastic. If you can't that should be their problem. I have friend who is welder. He's typically working far from home, they get room accommodations and meals. When he goes to job he might be there two weeks and they work 10 to 12 hours a day every day. These are typically time sensitive jobs that needed to be completed yesterday. He gets substantial compensation for this and another benefit is weeks off in a row. It's great job if that's your thing but it would be impossible to accommodate someone's religious needs especially where the days off are concerned.
This is BS. She should not have been rewarded a single cent. As a dishwasher, I guarantee that she knew the employer would ask her to work weekends, (usually when hotels/restaurants are the busiest), but she still agreed to the job. They should have laughed her out of court. "I can't work Sundays because I go to church" is not "discrimination" due to religion.
And no, I don't bash on Christians. My mom is a Christian, so rather than be an arse about it, I try to understand how they see things - even if I think I'll never fully understand. This isn't me piling on the "screw the Christians" bandwagon that so many seem to enjoy doing, it's a simple fact of how employment works.
If I had known that's all it took to get a payday, I should have tried it years ago. I can easily fake being a Christian since I was forced to go to church as a kid. I wonder if I'd be happy with myself if I had done something this phony. Yeah, okay, she got some money - but she's a damn liar. If she's a true Christian, she needs to be fearing God right now for her lies that cost people a LOT of money.
Same. They can't discriminate based on religion, but where does it say that they have to accommodate?. If someone tells me that they can't come in on a certain day, it doesn't matter to me why that is, it's the fact that I can't rely on them if there's a shortage, if someone doesn't come in when they are supposed to, if it's the busiest season and we need all hands on deck, etc. Discrimination means if you say, "I'm not hiring you because you're a Christian" is not allowed. But it does NOT mean, "You can't work on Sundays - oh, because of church" means you have to hire them. It doesn't matter why they can't come in, what matters is that they can't come in. I would never have hired her in the first place.
I’m betting they told her that they cannot give her every Sunday off, anyone in the hospitality industry knows that the weekends/Summer time are the do busiest times.
This has nothing to do with her beliefs she could of left and found another job.
I call B.S. she waited TEN years to sue???
Doesn't seem very "Christian" to sue someone for losing a job for more money than you could have ever made in 10 lifetimes of working at the job in question.
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I take it back, that is entirely consistent with my experiences with American Christianity. Carry on.
Unless the employer is terminating for something that is protected by law...
Which the govt has no legitimacy to weigh in on or take sides.
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