The lawsuit was filed after the Washington State School Board ruled in favor of a former high school football coach who prayed in midfield after a football game. .
The AEOC case, filed in U.S. District Court in Greensboro on Monday, says Aurora Pro Services. 11 and 50 employeesIt denied two non-Christian plaintiffs a religious accommodation, discriminatoryly fired them and punitively reduced McGaha’s wages.
Aurora Pro Services did not respond to a request for comment.
Aurora Pro Services, which provides residential contract services such as roofing, plumbing and heating, accuses the owner of having to stand in a circle for prayer while reading scripture and Bible verses. Then McGaha asked if he could Avoid the process at the same time Sanders dismissed them and they were fired despite their satisfactory work performance, the complaint says.
Session participants According to the lawsuit, employees who sometimes misbehave will also ask for prayers for business matters bound up with biblical text and references.
McGaha, who worked at the company from June to September 2020 as a construction manager, noticed that over time the length of prayer meetings increased from about 20 minutes to 45 minutes or more.
Shortly after starting work he attended prayer circles, but began to see how intolerable they had become religious.
In late August 202o, Mecca asked the owner if he could set himself aside from daily prayers because he contradicted his own atheistic beliefs, but his request was answered with his “goodwill attendance.” To complain.
A few weeks later Mecca made the same request, saying that his feelings and beliefs about prayer meetings were not a bar and that his presence was mandatory.
According to the lawsuit, in a prayer circle meeting, the owner said to McCae, “It’s okay if you do not attend, you do not have to work here. You get paid to be here.
Shortly thereafter, McGaha received an email informing him that his weekly pay would be cut by 50 percent.
In a short time he was fired.
The agnostic Sanders, according to the complaint, claimed that the owner demanded that the Catholic version of the Lord’s Prayer be read in unison by the people, and that he made his cry heard.
She was fired two to three weeks after she stopped going to meetings, and the lawsuit alleges she told the owner she was “not a good fit” for the company. The owner’s reason for Sanders’ dismissal is said to be “an excuse for revenge.”
Sanders served as the company’s customer service representative from November 2020 to January 2021.
An attorney representing McGaha and Sanders declined to comment on the complaint.
However, EEOC’s Charlotte District Regional Attorney Melinda C. Ducasse said in a statement Tuesday report Federal law declares a case that protects employees from having to choose between their beliefs and livelihoods.
“Employers who finance prayer meetings in the workplace have a legal obligation to accommodate employees whose personal religious or spiritual views contradict the practice of the organization,” he said.
The EEOC is seeking a jury hearing that will enable the company to participate in a restraining order, prayer and repayment to plaintiffs to prevent it from “forcing” employees.
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