Case: Discrimination/Religious Accommodation (S.D. Tex.)

A Texas federal district court denied the City of Houston’s motion for summary judgment on a religious discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act brought by a Christian senior communication captain/dispatcher who was denied overtime for wearing a beard required by his religious beliefs, finding genuine disputes of material fact regarding the sincerity of his belief and whether accommodating his beard would pose an undue hardship to the city, while granting summary judgment on his retaliation claim.

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