Hi
I don't know where this lead us?
When people start use religion to much as esquse for something then is not
good:
other word that esquse lead us in Couse or some type of mess,
I know how looks like and I past true all this things
So I would like ask smart NFB why they are didn't do sem thinks in my case
with TX comition for the blind?
I would like ask smart NFB what would bee hempen if Muslim people say we
don't work Fridays, because of are religion?
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From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 3:11 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Fwd: [acb-chat] Oops! National Federation of
the Blind Sued for Religious Discrimination by EEOC
I guess the NFB is a bit narrow in their definition of discrimination? They
recognize it only when it happens to blind people?
Miriam
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Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 3:38 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Fwd: [acb-chat] Oops! National Federation of
the Blind Sued for Religious Discrimination by EEOC
and the stupidity award goes to the National Federation of the Blind! I
wonder whether the NFB membership will be apprized of this.
Chuck
From: R. E. Driscoll Sr <mailto:llocsirdsr@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 9:39 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Fwd: [acb-chat] Oops! National Federation of the
Blind Sued for Religious Discrimination by EEOC
All:
This came in the morning mail. It had rather long "TO and COPY" sections
which I have deleted... Further details may be found in the link.
R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr.
National Federation of the Blind Sued for Religious Discrimination by EEOC
Advocacy Group Terminated an Employee because He Would Not Work on the
Sabbath, Federal Agency Charged
BALTIMORE - The National Federation of the Blind, the largest organization
of blind and low-vision people in the United States, violated federal law
when it refused to allow an employee to observe his Sabbath and instead
terminated him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
According to the lawsuit, Joseph R. Massey II is a practicing Hebrew
Pentecostal, a Christian denomination, and abstains from working from sunset
Friday to sunset Saturday based on his sincerely-held religious beliefs.
The National Federation of the Blind hired Massey for a bookkeeping position
at its Baltimore office in November 2013. In January 2014, the Federation
told Massey he had to work certain Saturdays. Massey explained he could not
work Saturdays due to his religious faith and suggested alternatives such as
working on Sundays or working late on week nights other than Fridays. EEOC
charged that the Federation refused to provide any reasonable accommodation
and instead fired Massey because he could not work Saturdays due to his
religious beliefs.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
which prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals because of
their religion and requires employers to reasonably accommodate an
employee's sincerely-held religious beliefs unless doing so would impose an
undue hardship on the employer. EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. The National
Federation of the Blind, Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-02484-GLR) in U.S.
District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division, after first
attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation
process.
"Employees should not have to choose between their jobs and their religious
convictions when a religious accommodation will not unduly burden others,"
said EEOC Philadelphia District Director Spencer H. Lewis, Jr.
EEOC Regional Attorney Debra M. Lawrence added, "Most religious
accommodations are not unduly costly, such as allowing an employee to switch
his schedule to observe his Sabbath. No employee should be forced to choose
between earning a living and following the dictates of his faith."
EEOC's Philadelphia District Office has jurisdiction over Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and parts of New Jersey and Ohio. Its
legal staff also prosecutes discrimination cases arising from Washington,
D.C. and parts of Virginia.
EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further
information about the agency is available at its website, www.eeoc.gov
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