Muslim Woman sues Abercrombie

[Sub-Zero]

remember that one chick who was hired to teach without the hoodie on, and then tried to say she refused to teach without it bcz of her religion even tho she interviewed without it lol

 

[binö]

muslims cry and bitch too much stfu already

 

[nefertiti]

If she was indeed wearing the headscarf when they hired her, they should have either not hired her if it was an issue or let her wear it. I dislike frivilous lawsuits as much as anyone, but if her story is the truth, they handled the whole situation pretty poorly from an HR perspective.

 

[javaguru]

You're saying they are not douchebags?

And why should she technically lose?

The constitution only applies to the government....there are special rules for protected classes (blacks because of slavery and historic discrimination)....I could give you a complicated legal answer but that's what it boils down too.

 

[canadianhitman]

She should have been told up-front that the headscarf was a no-go if she wanted to work there.

BUT, she should still lose, since businesses change employee uniforms and dress codes from time to time...they have that right, and if you refuse to comply, they can get rid of you. All they have to do is make an official policy change to expressly forbid covering the head with hats, scarves, bandanas, ect...and if I were on that jury, she'd be fuct.

 

[puddlemonkey]

practice your religion on your own time



kthxdie

 

[nefertiti]

practice your religion on your own time



kthxdie

That doesn't work when your religious practice deals with daily dress. I'm not saying abercrombie should be forced to hire people who have religious clothing restrictions, I'm saying if it was an issue, they never should have hired her and allowed it for four months. Doing so and taking up issue later is on them, not her. Just sloppy and stupid. Have a policy that's clear, enforce it from the point of hire.

 

[javaguru]

That doesn't work when your religious practice deals with daily dress. I'm not saying abercrombie should be forced to hire people who have religious clothing restrictions, I'm saying if it was an issue, they never should have hired her and allowed it for four months. Doing so and taking up issue later is on them, not her. Just sloppy and stupid. Have a policy that's clear, enforce it from the point of hire.

I'll tell you exactly what happened...the manager hired her because she didn't want to discriminate and then reality probably hit when corporate looked at sales and complaints from their customers.

For some reason, people think religion has a special status in society...it's a choice like anything else. If the woman in question had a swastika tattoo on her forehead because she believes strongly in that ideology, a choice, she would never have been hired..... If the woman in question chose to only speak arabic then she wouldn't have been hired.

This lawsuit will probably be settled for a shitload of money because a manager chose to ignore the corporate handbook about hiring people that "reinforce the brand" and made an amendment based on agency law because they wanted to be inclusive...

No good deed ever goes unpunished...

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Its just a stupid hat, come the fuck on, just take it off

 

[nefertiti]

I'll tell you exactly what happened...the manager hired her because she didn't want to discriminate and then reality probably hit when corporate looked at sales and complaints from their customers.

For some reason, people think religion has a special status in society...it's a choice like anything else. If the woman in question had a swastika tattoo on her forehead because she believes strongly in that ideology, a choice, she would never have been hired..... If the woman in question chose to only speak arabic then she wouldn't have been hired.

This lawsuit will probably be settled for a shitload of money because a manager chose to ignore the corporate handbook about hiring people that "reinforce the brand" and made an amendment based on agency law because they wanted to be inclusive...

No good deed ever goes unpunished...

That's still the manager's fault, thus my comment about sloppiness. I'm not defending religion, or the right to express it in all venues with no consequence. I'm speaking as someone with hiring practice that I would never have hired anyone who, right off the bat, was going to be unable to comply with conditions of employment. If someone has a child and can only work x hours a week, I don't hire them and allow them to have that schedule, only to fire them later for not being more available. Either it's ok and I hire them, or I find someone who can work the hours I need. Hiring someone who can't do the job (in this case, act as a working model for the label) is not a good deed, it's stupid, because sooner or later it's going to be an issue. As a manager, whoever hired her failed at their job for exposing the company to this lawsuit.