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But the U.S. Government is suing one of the fast food chain&#8217;s franchisees, claiming religious discrimination when it allegedly denied a worker Saturdays off.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=402\">Gilbert orthodontist is helping dozens of Valley kids get braces through a national nonprofit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suit is against a franchisee in the Austin, Texas, area. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges that the fired employee originally arranged to have Saturdays off work as a sabbath day that aligned with her religious beliefs, but later found management had scheduled them to work that day. The worker later refused a demotion, and was eventually fired.<\/p>\n<p>The EEOC claims the move violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by not making a reasonable accommodation for religious belief.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=400\">No Americans have tested positive for hantavirus tied to cruise ship outbreak, CDC says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The franchisee and Chick-fil-A corporate have not responded publicly on the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=398\">At least 11 injured in Maine lumber mill explosion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Government is suing one of Chick-fil-A&#8217;s franchisees, claiming religious discrimination when it allegedly denied a worker Saturdays off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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