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| | | Teen Sues Burger King Over Religious Discrimination < on 8/25/2012 1:55 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Teen sues Burger King over uniform? That's exactly what happened when a 17-year-old high school senior and conservative Christian named Ashanti McShan was fired for refusing to wear pants to work instead of a skirt for religious reasons. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit for religious discrimination on behalf of the Texas teen, according to an Aug. 24, 2012 report by the Today News Gazette. McShan applied at the Grand Prairie Burger King in August 2010. She was interviewed for a cashier position. During the interview, she explained to the interviewer that she was not permitted to wear pants due to her religious beliefs; she is a Pentacostal Christian. Despite the interviewer's assurance that she would be allowed to wear a long black skirt as part of her official uniform, McShan was fired from the job at orientation before she even began to work at the fast food chain. According to the lawsuit, “The result of the foregoing practices has been to deprive Ashanti McShan of equal employment opportunities because of her religious beliefs and observances as a Christian Pentecostal.” Inquisitr reported that the teen is being represented by Meaghan Shepard, who released the following statement: The legal standard is ‘undue hardship,’ and in this instance it was a very simple request — to be able to wear a long black skirt and not black pants — and it was initially granted. And then she shows up at orientation, on time, and is then told by the manager to leave and that she couldn’t wear a skirt. She was responsible, tried to get in touch with someone higher in the franchise, and they never responded to her. In our eyes, it was so clear-cut. She’s a very sweet, articulate young lady who was just trying to work her senior year in high school. | http://www.examine...ous-discrimination
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| KublaKhan
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| | | Re: Teen Sues Burger King Over Religious Discrimination < Reply # 2 on 8/25/2012 3:08 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by splumer Sounds like she's got a pretty good case to me. The only possible defense BK could use is safety, though a long skirt I would think would be safer than pants, unless they see it as a trip hazard, and even then, if it was ankle-length, it shouldn't be a problem. They're going down.
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| KublaKhan
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Total Likes: 207 likes
With Satan, it's always gimmie, gimmie.
| | | Re: Teen Sues Burger King Over Religious Discrimination < Reply # 6 on 8/25/2012 3:13 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Samurai when you're hired for a job, you are expected to adhere to the dress code. In this case, that means the uniform supplied by the employer. This is generally not open for discussion.
| Sadly, this is absolutely correct. As a Satanist, I should be allowed to work naked, sporting a very sincere erection.
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