Sundays Are Sacred at Chick-fil-A. The U.S. Says a Worker’s Saturday Sabbath Is, Too
Legal Action Against Franchisee The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a federal lawsuit this week against a Chick-fil-A franchisee in Pennsylvania, alleging religious discrimination for refusing to accommodate an employee’s request for Saturdays off to observe the Sabbath. The lawsuit asserts that the restaurant management denied the worker’s request despite the company’s own…