Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

Re: religous discrimination

The key question for you to ask yourself and to prove at trial is whether or not your failure to attend these religious meetings was the true reason for your termination. If you believe this to be the case, you will need direct or circumstantial evidence to support your claim. Direct evidence is that which tells a jury the motivation of the employer without having to infer anything. For example, a statement by the decisionmaker such as, "Fire John Doe because he does not attend the religious meetings" would be direct evidence of discrimination. As you can imagine, direct evidence cases are pretty rare, because most people are not so blatant as to state out loud such discriminatory animus. For that reason, courts have created a way to prove a case by circumstantial evidence. One of the best ways to do this is to use comparators. Comparators are similarly situated employees who were not terminated and who attended the religious ceremonies. For example, if you had excellent performance evaluations, no reprimands in your file, had some seniority, etc. while another employee who attended these religious meetings had worse evaluations, reprimands, less seniority, etc. than you, you could make a circumstantial case for religious discrimination. As you can see, these cases are very fact-specific, so you will probably want to discuss your situation with an experienced employment law attorney.

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Re: religous discrimination

If this company has more than 15 employees, it is subject to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in employment due to religion. On the face of it, the facts of your expected termination and it's timing sounds suspicious. Feel free to contact me to discuss representation if you are terminated or other adverse actions are taken against you. I will evaluate it for you. I am an employment lawyer and regularly take employment discrimination cases of different kinds. You can contact me at [email protected], or call at (770) 534-1057.