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Security firm to pay $65K over [Muslim] employee head scarf
Philly.com ^ | July 26, 2013 | Reid Kanaley

Posted on 07/29/2013 8:42:47 AM PDT by kevcol

ABM Security Services Inc., which employs security officers for the Pennsylvania Convention Center, will pay $65,000 to resolve a lawsuit over the firing of a Muslim security officer who refused to remove her head scarf, or khimar, a day after she was hired in February 2011, the Philadelphia office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.

The EEOC had filed the religious discrimination suit on behalf of Tahira B. El, of Philadelphia.

The money goes to El, the EEOC said, and New York-based ABM will revise its dress code to add a religious exception for sincerely held religious beliefs, unless providing the accommodation would impose an undue hardship.

The company will also provide training for hiring managers and others at its Essington office, the EEOC said.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: abmsecurity; eeoc; muslims; tahirabel
So she shows up for the interview w/o head scarf to get the job, then...


1 posted on 07/29/2013 8:42:47 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol
Various agencies of the consolidated government working to destroy our civil society. Christianity and constitutionalism - bad, muzzies - good.
2 posted on 07/29/2013 8:47:43 AM PDT by Jacquerie (To restore the 10th Amendment, repeal the 17th.)
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To: kevcol

The solution is quite simple: Don’t hire Muslims.


3 posted on 07/29/2013 8:48:48 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (Thy Kingdom come!)
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To: kevcol

I’ll bet dollar to a donut this Muslim plant didn’t wear a Scarf to her interview.

Anyway it’s a good lesson to this employer to probe deeply into the backgrounds of its prospective employees. A comprehensive background check is a small price to pay to keep from making a $65K mistake.

Try things like group employee get-togethers during the interview and have appetizers that are bacon-wrapped or pigs in a blanket, etc. First employee to provide positive indication the potential is a Muslim gets a reward, etc.

Not American or fair you say? Neither is Islam, and their ‘fair’ is deadly.


4 posted on 07/29/2013 8:53:14 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Dogbert41

Amen to that. I’ve even turned around and walked out anywhere I see these terrorists manning a cash register or working in a store.


5 posted on 07/29/2013 8:54:20 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: kevcol

So... If we all called CAIR and complained about harassment because of our faith, wouldn’t they be guilty of discrimination because they didn’t care about OUR harassment since we are Christians?


6 posted on 07/29/2013 8:58:22 AM PDT by texas_mrs
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If she didn't wear a scarf to the interview, the security firm has a leg to stand on. If she did wear one, and they said "We have a strict dress code that forbids the wearing of any hats or scarves. Will you be able to abide by that code," and she said she could, again, they have a leg to stand on.

However, if she wore one to the interview, and if there is either no dress code forbidding such headwear or she wasn't told about it, then the security firm is in the wrong.

7 posted on 07/29/2013 8:58:33 AM PDT by MEGoody (You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: kevcol

Hey America, the diversity you’re so proud of, will be your destruction.


8 posted on 07/29/2013 9:05:54 AM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: kevcol
"Don't talk to the FBI..."

Yeah...That will build trust with Law Enforcement.

9 posted on 07/29/2013 10:24:14 AM PDT by Mr. Quarterpanel (I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
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a day after she was hired in February 2011

Note to self: Don't hire Muslims. Find a reason to not hire them besides profiling and then profile reject them.

10 posted on 07/29/2013 3:26:43 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: kevcol

The receptionist at a hospital wears a head scarf with only the eyes showing. Her photo id is of her in a head scarf with only her eyes showing.

Why even take a photo? Who is she really and how would you know?


11 posted on 07/29/2013 6:06:16 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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