For more information on non-profit laws, contact our founder, Alicia Marie McDowell, Esquire . This case involves an employee that established the essential elements of a claim of religious discrimination despite his failure to disclose the known religious conflict when questioned during his job interview. The employee was a Seventh-Day Adventist who, due to his religion, felt that work should not be performed on the Sabbath, which was from sunset Friday until sunset Saturday. During his first week, however, he informed his supervisor that, due to his religious beliefs, he could not complete his shift on Fridays. Since the employer actually failed to make any reasonable effort to accommodate Mr. Franks beliefs once it became aware of the conflict, the court ruled in favor of the employee.
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