QUESTION 9. LaTonya joins the Freewill Church, and as a member, she is not allow

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QUESTION 9. LaTonya joins the Freewill Church, and as a member, she is not allowed to wear pants. Her employer, Salo’s Seafood, requires all employees to wear coveralls provided by the company for safety reasons. Although LaTonya wore the uniform prior to joining the church, she now refuses to wear the coverall. She explains to Sal, the owner of the restaurant, that wearing pants is against her beliefs. Sal makes an exception in her case and allows her to wear knee-length boots with a protective jacket, but LaTonya refuses to wear the boots. Sal fires her for insubordination. Which of the following holds true in this case? A) Sal is liable for religious discrimination for failing to provide an accommodation that LaTonya would accept. B) Sal is liable for religious discrimination for failing to provide a reasonable alternative. C) Sal is not liable for religious discrimination because LaTonya’s religious practice is not followed by any other employee at the company. D) Sal is not liable for religious discrimination because he made an effort to reasonably accommodate LaTonya’s religious practice.

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Answer is D

SaI is not liable for religious discrimination because he made an effort to reasonably accommodate LaTonya`s religious practice. The main fact in this case is that under Tile VII of civil rights act 1964, employers require to accommodated only those religious belief that are religiously and sincerely held and that can be accommodated without an undue hardship. In this case SaI respects the La Tonya`s religious need and allowed her to wear alternative, protective jacket and boots. As pants are not allowed in her religion but to wear coverall she already refused as she never wear those in past. SaI even cooperates and allowed her not to wear both, pants and coverall but when she suggest the third one she again refused to wear boots in that. This shows that only SaI cooperates to LaTonya but La Tonya not shows interest to continue.

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