St. Louis to Face Trial on Worker’s Religious Harassment Claim

A jury must decide whether a St. Louis public parks supervisor harassed a subordinate for talking about religion in the workplace.

The decision allowing a trial in Rodney Cooper’s religious harassment claim against the city of St. Louis comes amid a nationwide crackdown on harassment in employment and other arenas that has been led in part by federal job rights watchdog the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It also comes at a time when that agency’s head is in talks with the top attorney for the National Labor Relations Board about where to draw the line between employee conversations or actions ...