AUSTIN, Texas - An Austin Chick-Fil-A franchisee has been accused of religious discrimination in a new lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
The EEOC says that Hatch Trick Inc, which operates multiple Chick-Fil-A locations in Austin, violated federal law when they fired an employee instead of reasonably accommodating her request to not work on Saturdays as per her religion.
What they're saying: The lawsuit says that the employee is a member of the United Church of God, which observes a Saturday Sabbath.