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  • $240,000 jury award to Muslim truck drivers who were fired for refusing to transport alcohol

    10/23/2015 6:55:33 PM PDT · by PROCON · 38 replies
    WAPO ^ | Oct. 23, 2015 | Eugene Volokh
    One more data point on the “When does your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job?” question — like it or not, under American law, employers sometimes do have to excuse employees from tasks that the employees find religiously objectionable. Tuesday, two Muslim truck drivers who were fired for refusing to deliver shipments containing alcohol were awarded $40,000 in compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages by the jury in their discrimination claim. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought suit on their behalf (EEOC v. Star Transport Co., Inc. (N.D. Ill.)), arguing that the employer had failed...