New York Post - "Muslim Worker Fired After Asking Off For Religious Holiday: suit"
News Story Featuring Our Raleigh Discrimination Lawyers
Our Raleigh employment lawyers were featured in a New York Post article by Joshua Rhett Miller on December 23, 2019. The news story highlights the efforts by our our discrimination attorneys in Raleigh to obtain justice on behalf of a client who we contended was a victim of discrimination, retaliation, and a hostile work environment based on his Muslim faith.
From the article:
“A Muslim worker was fired by a North Carolina company for requesting off for a major religious holiday, a new lawsuit claims.
Hussein Altaweel, an Iraqi native who came to the US as a refugee in 2013, claims Raleigh-based telecommunications contractor Longent LLC unjustly terminated him after he requested paid time off for Eid al-Adha in August 2018, according to a federal lawsuit obtained by the News & Observer.
“As a volunteer interpreter for the Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Mr. Altaweel risked his life for this country,” attorney Joseph Budd told the newspaper in a statement. “He did that and subsequently became a citizen because he believes in our country’s promise that he will be able to pursue a career based solely on his abilities and free from the influence of prejudice. Unfortunately, his former employer did not live up to our ideals, promise or law.”
Altaweel was also subjected to crude jokes about his dietary restrictions, including invitations by the company’s CEO to try the pork he brought for lunch, the lawsuit claims.
The former project manager was also passed over for promotion in favor of a “less-qualified” non-Muslim whom Altaweel trained himself, according to the lawsuit, which alleges discrimination based on religion and national origin, retaliation and a hostile work environment.”
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