Supreme Court to hear case of Evangelical Christian who asked USPS not to force him to work Sundays

[Disir]

The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday said it will hear the civil rights lawsuit of an Evangelical Christian postal worker who resigned from the U.S. Postal Service after it refused to allow him to observe Sunday as the Sabbath.

Gerald Groff of Pennsylvania quit USPS in 2019 after a service of about seven years because the Quarryville Post Office in Lancaster County required him to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays.

“It is unlawful for employers to discriminate against employees on the basis of religion,” said Kelly Shackelford, who heads the legal firm First Liberty that is supporting Groff’s case, in a statement. “It’s time for the Supreme Court to reconsider a decades old case that favors corporations and the government over the religious rights of employees.”

https://www.christianpost.com/news/supreme-court-to-hear-case-of-christian-who-quit-usps-over-mandatory-sabbath-work.html

Isn't this before Amazon started delivering stuff themselves? Either way, if the job requires Sundays to work at some point that is preferential treatment.

 

[lennypartiv]

So...how many lawsuits will there be if workers are allowed to sue their employers if they are scheduled to work on Sunday?

 

[Harry Dresden]

he knew what the job was about when he took the job....when i was working there 10 years ago they were delivering on Sundays for Amazon.....so the guy knew,he just wants Sundays off.....and being that he was a reserve carrier and not a regular he knew the score.....fuck him....

 

[Manonthestreet]

he knew what the job was about when he took the job....when i was working there 10 years ago they were delivering on Sundays for Amazon.....so the guy knew,he just wants Sundays off.....and being that he was a reserve carrier and not a regular he knew the score.....fuck him....

Does seem rather stupid to take the job in first place if Sunday was that important to him.....supposedly