COMPANY WOULDN’T LET RELIGIOUS EMPLOYEE HAVE FACIAL HAIR
A company based out of Reston, Virgina, known as Triple Canopy Inc,, has agreed to settle a religious discrimination claim filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former employee who was not only denied a religious accommodation when he sought to be allowed to wear a beard, but he was then subjected to “intolerable conditions that resulted in a constructive discharge.”
Believing that such conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Triple Canopy, Inc., Civil Action No.1:23-cv-1500), in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.
In addition to a monetary settlement of $110,759 (which will go to the impacted individual), the company has agreed to modify its employment related policies and training practices
In a written statement, EEOC Philadelphia Regional Attorney Debra M. Lawrence, noted that
“This lawsuit raised serious issues of discrimination and retaliation …. We are pleased that Triple Canopy was willing to agree to an early resolution that will compensate the affected former employee and also improve its handling of religious accommodation requests going forward.”
Think they found religion?
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