Walmart threatened to fire Mormon worker for observing Sabbath

June 06, 2012

source: Huffington Post

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MR says: Sad. Fortunately it just ended in Walmart resolving to prevent future religious discrimination.

In 2009, an assistant manager at Walmart encountered threats of termination and disciplinary action because he observed the Sabbath.

The devout Mormon observed the Sabbath from 1995 to 2009, jobmouse.com reports, but after Walmart revised its scheduling system they stopped the Sabbath accommodation, and began to discipline the man and mark each absence when he couldn't get someone to swap his Sunday shift.

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skhunt said...

08:24 AM
on Jun 07, 2012

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I worked retail on the Sabbath a long time ago. After I was converted to the Gospel, I made a personal commitment that this would never happen again. I have the words set in my mind what I will say. "I will work any day and any shift that you ask. But the day you schedule me to work on a Sunday is the day I quit." End of discussion. If I were in the military or a nurse, CNA, firefighter, or police officer my attitude would be different. Often these type of employees get every other weekend off and I think the Lord would understand that.

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