'Soldier of Christ' pot washer wins $21m for working on Sundays
The 60-year-old, originally from Haiti, had worked at the hotel for more than a decade and had previously not been made to work on Sundays.
A devout Christian missionary, she said she told her employer when she was hired that she could not work on Sundays because of her religious beliefs.
"I love God. No work on Sunday, because Sunday I honour God," she told NBC 6 Miami.
For seven years she was never scheduled to work on a Sunday but they then "set her up for absenteeism", her lawyer Marc Brumer said.
She took the hotel, then managed by Hilton Hotels, to court, arguing that her rights had been violated under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which protects workers from discrimination on the bases of race, religion, sex or national origin. And won $21m via court order.
A devout Christian missionary, she said she told her employer when she was hired that she could not work on Sundays because of her religious beliefs.
"I love God. No work on Sunday, because Sunday I honour God," she told NBC 6 Miami.
For seven years she was never scheduled to work on a Sunday but they then "set her up for absenteeism", her lawyer Marc Brumer said.
She took the hotel, then managed by Hilton Hotels, to court, arguing that her rights had been violated under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which protects workers from discrimination on the bases of race, religion, sex or national origin. And won $21m via court order.
Hallelujah
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