The hotel in Miami was ordered to pay $21.5 million to his ex posudomoya. Ignoring the religious beliefs of a 60-year-old Marie Jean Pierre, the employer forced her to work on Sundays, and then was dismissed.
In 2017, Marie Jean Pierre, a mother of 6 children and former cleaner of dishes at the hotel Conrad Miami in Florida, has filed a lawsuit against the company Park Hotels & Resorts (formerly known as Hilton Worldwide) for violation of the civil rights Act of 1964.
On Tuesday, January 15, the jury decided to pay the woman compensation of $21.5 million Really that much money, she will not get, because in such cases the court has the limit of indemnity.
«The jury was not aware of this limit. Taking into account the payment of legal services my client will receive about $835 thousand. It is a moral compensation, and compensation for wages,» — said the plaintiff’s attorney Marc Brumer.
Marie Jean Pierre is a member of the Church of the soldiers of Christ (Soldiers of Christ Church) — Catholic missionary groups to help the poor.
Representatives of the Respondent company stated in court that the plaintiff never specified that she’s a missionary, and simply said that she needed the weekend on Sunday. The woman claimed the opposite, and as evidence has provided a letter sent to the hotel her pastor.
In 2016, after several failures to work on Sundays, the hotel posudomoya fired for «negligence and absenteeism».
«You can’t discriminate against anyone for religious beliefs. The employer must take them into account», — the lawyer said Brummer.
Park Hotels & Resorts stated that they are disappointed by the jury’s decision and intend to appeal, «to prove: Conrad Miami has been and remains a welcoming place for all guests and employees.»
