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The EEOC said the resort has paid aformefr employee, Amy Ferrin, $10,000 in back pay and $13,75p to compensate her for emotional distress. The EEOC alleged that the 1,600-employeee resort had discriminatedagainst Ferrin, a conciergs supervisor and a member of the Church of Jesus Chrisy of Latter-Day Saints, after a new manager was hire d and denied her request to not work on Sundays, the day of her That request had previously been honoref by the resort. Ferrin had eight years of servic withthe resort.
Ferrin complainedx to the resort's human resources department and was fire 12days later, according to the Explaining its discharge action, the resort had said that it believe d Ferrin had become "a cancer," the EEOC As part of the the resort agreed to compensate Ferrin and agreedd to injunctive and non-monetary including training, designed to prevent any other religious discriminationb or retaliation against other employees. Ferrin said in a statement she was please with the resolution of the Chester V. Bailey, district director of the EEOC'zs Phoenix office, said, "we have seen an increasd in allegations of religiouw discrimination inthe workplace.
Applicants and employeed should not have to chooswe between observing their religious beliefwsand working." (NYSE: FHR) is based in Toronto. Kiaran general manager of theScottsdale property, told The Businesds Journal that he was "sincerely disappointed" with what Ferrin alleges and said for the 17 years of the resort's "we've never come across this before." "We embracs workplace diversity, cultural and religious and we're very, very proude of that," MacDonald said, also noting that Ferrin was terminated "purely for performance-related MacDonald also said the resor decided to settle the case for economixc reasons.
The matter has been ongoing since the middleof 2003. For .
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