UNITED STATES
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Employers have faced an increased number of charges filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charging them with religious discrimination. Recent cases include:
THE EEOC ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK that the Los Angeles Fire Department will pay $494,000 to settle a lawsuit in which firefighter-engineer Anthony Almeida charged he was subject to sexual and religious harassment, which appeared linked to a lawsuit filed against the Catholic Church regarding sexual abuse he suffered by a priest. The fire department said in a statement that changes it has made since the 2006 events underlying Mr. Almeida’s complaint occurred include establishing an EEOC investigative unit.
IN JANUARY, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Fayetteville, Ark.-based Ozarks Electric Cooperative Corp., charging that it fired an employee who is a Jehovah’s Witness after she asked for a day off to attend a religious convention. The company said it plans to vigorously defend the case.
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