(CNN) – The United States government is suing one of Chick-fil-A’s franchisees, claiming religious discrimination when it allegedly denied a worker Saturday Sabbaths.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says a manager at a Chick-fil-A franchisee in the Austin, Texas, area called “Hatch Trick” was fired after she asked for Saturdays off because that’s the Sabbath day for her denomination.
The EEOC says she disclosed her need for Saturdays off for religious reasons during her job interview. It says Hatch Trick initially respected her request but then later tried to schedule her for Saturdays.
She appealed to management and suggested alternatives to allow her to keep the manager job and observe a Saturday Sabbath, but the EEOC says Hatch Trick told her she would have to take a lower-paying job with fewer hours and benefits.
When she declined, she was fired.
The EEOC claims Hatch Trick violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by not making a reasonable accommodation for a religious belief.
Hatch Trick and Chick-fil-A have not responded publicly to the lawsuit.
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