A sharply divided Washington Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a group of employees for an airline food vendor can bring a class action alleging their religious beliefs are not being accommodated in their employer-provided meals.
Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud, writing for the majority, said that Washington’s Law Against Discrimination creates a cause of action for failure to reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious practices. Read the ruling here.
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