Christian Woman Awarded $21.5 Million After Employer Fired Her For Refusing To Work Sundays
by Paul Bois, Daily Wire:
A federal jury in Florida awarded a Christian woman $21.5 million in punitive damages this week, declaring that her employer, the Conrad Hotel, unjustly fired her when she refused to work on Sundays because of her Christian faith
“Marie Jean Pierre worked as a dishwasher at the Conrad from 2006 to 2016,” reports the Miami Herald. “The hotel knew about her involvement in the Soldiers of Christ Church that prevented her from working Sundays. But in 2015, her boss, kitchen manager George Colon, assigned her to work Sundays anyway.”
Though Pierre managed the new schedule by trading shifts with her fellow co-workers for several weeks, her employer demanded that she show up regardless. Pierre refused to compromise her faith and he fired her. When the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued Pierre a “right to sue” notice, she filed suit against the Conrad Hotel, managed by HEI Hotels & Resorts, alleging she had been unjustly fired for her religious beliefs.
“I love God,” she told NBC 6 Miami, according to Yahoo News. “No work on Sunday, because Sunday I honor God.”
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