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Benefits June 21, 2006
NC Restaurant Charged with Discrimination Based on Religion
June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing
Winston-Salem Dining Concepts, bringing claims that it fired
a Mormon worker who would not work on Sunday, according to
the Triad Business Journal.
Reported by Adrien Martin
Director of the EEOC’s Charlotte District Office Reuben Daniels, Jr. said in the news report, “In cases like these, it is always in the employer’s interest to meet an employee halfway and come up with an arrangement acceptable to both.”
The Business Journal was not able to gain a response from the company, which operates under the name Copeland’s of New Orleans.