Written by Don Byrd
A religious discrimination suit against Disney alleges workplace harassment and failure to accommodate religious dress at Disneyland in California. The plaintiff, Imane Boudlal, also says supervisors refused to take action following her reports of harassment. The LATimes has more:
[C]o-workers began taunting her, calling the Moroccan-born Muslim a “terrorist,” a “camel” and someone who learned how to make bombs at her mosque. She complained to her managers verbally and in writing, she said, with no results.
Now, Boudlal is suing Walt Disney Corp. in federal court, saying that she was discriminated against and harassed for her religious beliefs. She also alleges that she unfairly lost her job in 2010 after refusing to remove her head scarf at work.
Disney offered Boudlal the chance to keep her hijab on, but that would have required her to take a role that would keep her from customers. You can read the complaint here (pdf).
