The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced settlement of a religious discrimination charge against a weapons manufacturer that refused to accommodate an employee whose religious beliefs made him uncomfortable working on such weaponry.
According to the lawsuit, Harry Davis, a Jehovah’s Witness employed at Dresser Rand’s Painted Post, N.Y., location, had a religious objection to working on weapons of war. After he declined to work on a part destined for a submarine, Dresser Rand refused to accommodate his request to switch assignments to work on a different piece of equipment, and then fired him.
The EEOC charged that Dresser Rand’s actions violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion. The EEOC filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York in Rochester.
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