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AT&T Inc.

Religious Discrimination

Date: 10/19/2007 (Date of Verdict)

Misconduct Type: Labor

Enforcement Agency: EEOC

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $756,000

Disposition: Judgment Against Defendant

Synopsis: Glenn Owen and Jose Gonzalez, two AT&T employees who are Jehovah's Witnesses, alleged AT&T denied them a "reasonable accommodation" of their religious beliefs when it fired them after they attended a Jehovah's Witness convention. The jury found AT&T had discriminated against them in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and awarded them $756,000 in damages. The judge also ordered AT&T to reinstate both men.