Check out Biologist fired for beliefs, suit says - The Boston Globe

[Vance R. Koven]

Interesting set of facts and interesting procedural position.

I find it hard to imagine a situation other than an actual religious
organization where a person's religious belief system, without more, would
be a BFOQ, so I don't think Woods Hole is on very solid ground there. Nobody
seemed to think this person was doing a bad job until he mentioned his
religious views.

On the other hand, if he had requested reassignment as an accommodation to
his religious views, and he was not performing work unrelated to its mission
(IT, for example), I can understand, based on Woods Hole's main lines of
work, its claim that it would be an unreasonable burden.

The harassment claim, if he's only raising it now after losing at the
administrative level, might conceivably be barred, though I gladly defer to
those of you better versed in EEO law.

Vance

On Dec 7, 2007 12:40 PM, Joel Sogol <jlsatty at wwisp.com> wrote:

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