Apple Sued by EEOC Over Failure to Accommodate Jewish Worker (1)

The EEOC sued Apple, Inc. after one of the company’s Virginia stores refused to accommodate a Jewish worker’s request not to work while observing the Sabbath on Fridays and Saturdays, and later fired him.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday accused the tech company of violating Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by not approving the religious accommodation for the 16-year-old worker who had converted to Judaism.

The lawsuit aligns with Republican Acting Chair Andrea Lucas’s agenda to prioritize religious discrimination cases as well ...