On March 23, a Jehovah’s Witness who claimed he was fired for refusing to participate in a military-themed day received a $21,500 settlement. In 2008, Tyler Templeton was terminated from his salesman position at Alliance Rental Centers’ Bridgeport store after he refused to wear a red shirt for a company-mandated theme day supporting the United States military. Templeton then filed a complaint of religious discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the EEOC sued Alliance on his behalf. The EEOC contended that Templeton had a religious objection to supporting war and his supervisors disregarded his request to be exempted from the dress code. Alliance argued that the event was in support of the military, not war, and should not have been morally objectionable to Templeton.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Alliance Rental Centers LP, No. 3:09-cv-01757-BF
