A Muslim flight attendant who works with American airline, ExpressJet, has been placed on administrative leave, following her refusal to serve alcoholic drinks to passengers.
The attendant, Charee Stanley, said her refusal to serve alcohol was in due to her Islamic faith, CNN reports.
Upon receiving news about her mandatory leave, Stanley proceeded to file “a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday for the revocation of a reasonable religious accommodation.”
Speaking on the issue, Lena Masri, an attorney with Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said, “What
this case comes down to is no one should have to choose between their
career and religion and it’s incumbent upon employers to provide a safe
environment where employees can feel they can practice their religion
freely.”
Reports
also state that Stanley, 40, started working for ExpressJet nearly
about years ago. About two years ago she converted to Islam. She later
on learned this year that her faith prohibits her from not only
consuming alcohol but serving it, too.
It
was based on this premise that she refused to serve alcohol. She
subsequently approached her supervisor on June 1 and was told to work
out an arrangement for someone to fulfill passenger requests for
alcohol.
According
to reports the arrangement was working until another flight attendant
filed a complaint against Stanley on August 2nd, claiming she was not
fulfilling her duties by refusing to serve alcohol.
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