Employment Law and Labor The restaurant chain Red Robin had recently endured an EEOC case where they had to give one of their workers a large sum of money for losing a religious discrimination case. The case took place in Seattle Wa. (www.eeoc.gov). The initial charges also included enforcement of changes for the organization’s policies and procedures of employees’ religious rights. The organization was ultimately found guilty of wrongfully firing a worker under religious reasons (www.eeoc.gov).

The case was reported to be about a worker who was employed as a server at the restaurant. He believed in a certain Egyptian religion called Kemetic where it is tradition to wear tattoos as a form of worship. These tattoos are worn typically around the wrists where they can be seen by the public (www.eeoc.gov). The employee cannot cover these tattoos as it is considered to be a sin because these tattoos are supposed to dedicated to how he sacrifices for his religion (www.eeoc.gov).

It reported by the EEOC that the employee did have these tattoos when he began his employment with the organization. The company did have preexisting regulations prohibiting any tattoos that can be seen. The worker had been working at the establishment for a span of 6 mo. with no complaints from the public or employees before management had seen them and terminated him for refusal to cover them (www.eeoc.gov). The terminated employee had stated that he had advised his supervisors on numerous occasions about his religious requirements. The worker had asked for some sort of waiver for the regulation but was denied. The CFO of the organization was reported saying that if the employee couldn’t cover them up “it would be better he seek employment elsewhere” (www.eeoc.gov).

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ensures that organizations must accommodate for religion