“A former attorney for Apple filed a lawsuit this week alleging that the company violated anti-discrimination laws by failing to accommodate his religious beliefs,” Jeff John Roberts reports for Fortune.
“In a complaint filed in state court in San Jose, Feras Mousilli claims the company refused to print Arabic on his business cards, and repeatedly told him he was not a ‘cultural fit,'” Roberts reports. “Mousilli, who lives in San Francisco, also states that Apple refused to re-schedule weekly meetings with his supervisor so that he could attend Friday prayers.”
“The lawsuit seeks at least $25,000, including for back wages and for other monetary and punitive damages along with compensation for emotional pain and suffering,” Roberts reports. “The complaint, spotted by Courthouse News, also claims that Apple failed to accommodate physical disabilities relating to his blindness in one eye and color-blindness.”
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MacDailyNews Take: A lawyer filing a lawsuit. Shocking.
No, you can’t dictate the language you want on your business cards or the hours you work. Both of those are at the discretion of your employer.
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