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In reply to the discussion: Muslim staff can discriminate based on their religious beliefs. [View all]Igel
(35,293 posts)An employer is letting its employees enjoy a certain privilege.
We don't need to patronize the store (not like I'm going to that particular store in any event) but I don't think there nees to be a "we" involved here. If there is, it's going to be in the form of a law or regulation stipulating a level of detail on working conditions and employer-granted privileges that I think I'd disagree with.
It's one thing to grant special punishments to an employee. It's another to grant some sort of privileges.
What this will do is destroy a bit of trust and make for a more acrimonious atmosphere, unless it's handled just right and everybody accepts the privileges or gets their own.
Full disclosure: I don't eat pork or shellfish for religious reasons. I think of them as appetizing as rat or cockroach. Yet I worked in a restaurant that left me no choice but to clean up such meals as dishwasher and even prepare such meals as line cook. ("Hey, Jane. Taste this. Does it need salt?" "John, stop stocking shelves and have one of these pork chops. Any good?" You take the job, you do the job.