08/27/2010
A Jehovah’s Witness was fired from her job at a Belk department store in Raleigh after she refused to wear a Santa hat while wrapping Christmas gifts. She told her supervisors that wearing the Santa hat would violate her religious beliefs. The EEOC asserts Belk violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by refusing to accommodate her religious beliefs.
08/27/2010
In North Carolina, union employees have to use their contracts to pursue claims they were unfairly fired. They can’t do what at-will employees can do—sue for wrongful termination.