More than a dozen Minnesota Muslims say their employers discriminated against them because of their religious practices, according to a claim filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Amarita Singh, civil rights director for the state chapter of the Council on Islamic-American Relations, said Truth Hardware and Doherty Staffing Solutions violated the workers’ constitutional rights to reasonable on-the-job accommodations for their religious practices.
CAIR-MN announced the claims Wednesday and it says the EEOC is investigating them.
Singh said the employees’ requests did not represent an undue burden on the companies.
“The employees requested that they either be allowed to take breaks outside the scheduled time or that the break time be changed,” Singh said. “Most employees only needed one additional or a different time for their break during each shift changed.”
