Workplace Rights Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
April 24th, 2023
A Christian U.S. Postal Service worker filed a lawsuit after he was forced to deliver packages on Sundays. The case now heads to the Supreme Court, whose decision could massive implications for religious freedom.
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April 7th, 2021
Can you fire women for getting pregnant? How about firing women for having premarital sex? These questions are at the heart of an interesting new lawsuit, brought by a pregnant woman against her evangelical employer.
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February 21st, 2020
An evangelical postal worker is suing USPS after he was fired, citing religious persecution. He claims that he should be able to take every Sunday off as a holy day of rest, despite USPS's no-exceptions Sunday policy.
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July 24th, 2019
A female pastor was let go after allegedly taking her fellow ministers to a sex shop and purchasing sex toys. She insists that she was actually let go for reporting sexual misconduct by church leadership.
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July 22nd, 2019
A Muslim group is calling for time off work every Friday afternoon for Muslim workers to partake in their prayers. That may be a hard sell in the US, where employers already struggle to accommodate religious needs.
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