A Miami woman who worked as a dishwasher has been awarded $21.5million (£16.6million) after her employer was found to have violated her religious rights by repeatedly scheduling her to work on Sundays before firing her – NBC News reports.
Marie Jean Pierre, who worked for Conrad Miami, sued Virginia-based Park Hotels & Resorts in 2017 for violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The landmark law bans employment discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin.
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