The company is in violation of the law if they impose religious edicts on hired positions
suppose a company was into occult practices - and obligated its employees to abide by occultic laws. A Christian applys for the job, and gets it, and is fired for not abiding by that religious law - the business owner is screwed
The mistake the employer has made is one of distinction - they can ban pork and get it to stick with the eeoc IF they make that ban a function of posted non religious policy rather than religious law.
If that was the case - the employee would not have a pork leg to stand on
Only if they don't hire people because of their religion are they in violation. They hired her and expected her to follow the rules.
Sorry but it doesn't matter why the rule was made. If you tell an employee not to do something and they do it again then they can be fired on the spot.
I worked at one company were talk radio was banned on company property. Some disagreed with this policy. They were warned. Then they were dismissed.
It is no different. She was not being made to do something, she was asked not to do something. If she didn't like it she was free to work elsewhere.
People are spazing over this because the owners are Muslim. And they are being dishonest with themselves because of it. Would you be upset if an employee in a Christian owned company was fired because they hung nude pictures?