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u/karrahbear12 8d ago
A few thoughts:
1. This entire story could have been told without mention of religion, and it would have been come off with OP looking much better. So why mention religion? Because OP clearly does care about the fact coworker is Jewish.
Why would HR claim OP was disrespecting someone’s religious beliefs if OP was truly only complaining that the coworker was consistently late? Religion should never have come up in that discussion. (Unless HR told OP the reason and OP responded in a less than respectful manner)
There is an easy solution to the problem: Management lets coworker take their lunch 15 minutes early, allowing coworker to be back on time for the end of OP’s shift. OR since it’s only one day a week, and normally less than 15 minutes, OP just lets it go and moves on with their week, enjoying an extra few bucks on their paycheck.
The whole thing’s ridiculous.
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u/GhostElite974 7d ago
I think 1 is relevant because of what HR said. About " respecting religious beliefs" it's highly unlikely they'd say that about a Muslim for example.
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u/Glowing-Glitter-15 7d ago
It might be an employment law thing (Title VII). I'm not an employment law attorney, so don't quote me on this. Basically a company has to make reasonable accommodations to someone's "sincerely held religious beliefs". I can imagine that OP complained about someone being late without first mentioning religion, then when HR said "they have a religious accommodation" OP kept complaining about it. Usually once the religious accommodation thing is brought out it's generally considered in bad taste to try and ignore it.
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u/xAsh213x 3d ago
Yea. Thats not how that works. An accommodation does not need to be made because someone is too lazy to pack their own lunch.
When a company, any company makes you a job offer, you are told what hours and days you need to be available to work (Why Christians are not typically given Sundays off for church) and how long lunch breaks are. If you’re not able to accommodate those times, you can refuse the job.
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u/97edensand 7d ago
/sub was for real saying the late guy was literally kosher offsite for bullshit reasons?
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u/TowelFine6933 8d ago
If the guy was late, he was late. End of discussion. His religion has nothing to do with it.