Posted on 07/22/2021 7:18:00 PM PDT by algore
July 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Minnesota company, alleging discrimination by firing an employee who refused to be fingerprinted on the basis of his Christian faith.
AscensionPoint Recovery Services, which manages debt recovery for creditors, did not look for a way to accommodate Henry Harrington's religious beliefs before ending his employment, according to the EEOC lawsuit. The agency says alternatives to fingerprinting are available.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on religion and requires employers to reasonably accommodate an applicant's or employee's religious practice unless it would pose an undue hardship.
"An employee should not have to choose between his faith and his livelihood," Gregory Gochanour, the EEOC's regional attorney in the Chicago District Office, said in a news release.
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I guess I should have sued instead
I guarantee the church this guy attends fingerprints anyone that works with children if they have insurance.
Anyone having to get an experimental vaccine should also be able to sue based on religious discrimination, especially if one thinks it may be the mark of the beast or the prelude to it.
They’ll still fire you. Everyone in the medical field is being mandated to get the jab.
Wondering what religion denies fingerprinting? I can think of several that deny fingerPOINTING, as in Not Bearing False Witness.
I think they will use this as a stepping stone to force healthcare workers to assist in abortions, sterilizations, and gender reassignment surgeries.
AS I recall, people who are in the “securities industry” and related financial organizations had to get fingerprinted in order to keep convicted thieves, forgers, and money-launderers from getting into jobs that involved “money”, etc.
This would be some type of “financial trust” job and people who work in it involving other peoples money and assets, must be trustworthy. Religion has nothing to do with it.
Yes, when I went to work as a bank auditor, I had to be fingerprinted as did all employees at the bank.
My first guess is JWs.
Unless there is some little known cult that thinks like that.
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