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  • Woman Who Refused to Wear Pants Gets Paid

    01/02/2003 1:43:55 PM PST · by GeneD · 176 replies · 806+ views
    AP via Lycos.com ^ | 1/02/2003
    A woman who was fired for refusing to wear pants as part of her work uniform will be paid $30,000 by her employer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday. Carol Grotts, a Pentecostal, was hired by Brink's in Peoria as a uniformed messenger. She told the company that her religious beliefs precluded her from wearing pants, and she offered to buy culottes. Brink's fired her, then hired her back, allowing her to wear culottes, after she filed a religious discrimination complaint with the EEOC. Under a consent decree filed in federal court, Brink's will also pay Grotts' attorney...