Court In Colorado Chops Off EEOC's Motion For Reconsideration In Systemic Discrimination Lawsuit Against Meatpacker | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
here), the EEOC filed its lawsuit August 30, 2010, alleging a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, and religion, as well as raising claims of retaliation. On August 8, 2011, the Court issued an order bifurcating the case. Id. at *5. Phase I of the trial was to address three issues, including: (1) whether defendant engaged in a pattern or practice of unlawfully denying Muslim employees reasonable religious accommodations to pray and break their Ramadan fast from December 2007 through July 2011; (2) whether defendant engaged in a pattern or practic...
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