Good news, employers! You don’t have to break the law to accommodate a religious employee, according to Yeager v. FirstEnergy Generation. Lisa Whittaker of Porter Wright explains the decision in a recent post.
The plaintiff is a fundamentalist Christian who, as Whittaker explains, “disavowed and disclaimed his Social Security number when he was 18 years old, based on his sincerely held religious beliefs.” He applied for an internship with FirstEnergy, but refused to include his Social Security number. The company wouldn’t hire him, claiming that it would be violating U.S. Internal Revenue Service rules regarding employee documentation. He sued on grounds of religious discrimination in violation of Title VII and Ohio state law.
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