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Thursday, 29 October, 2009

Fired For Dress Code Violation

In Florida: Ex-Home Depot Worker to File Religious Discrimination Lawsuit.

A former Home Depot worker plans to sue the American retailer after he was fired for wearing a religious button.

Actually, that lede is wrong. It's corrected in the second paragraph:

Trevor Keezer, who wore a "One nation under God ... indivisible" button for over a year, was let go last week for violating the company's dress code...

The 20-year-old employee, who was saving up for college, was told not to wear the button to work. He was offered other buttons sanctioned by the company, including one that states "United we stand," but Keezer refused them.

"You can't have a country without God," he recalled telling the manager, according to the local news channel.

Home Depot spokesman Craig Fishel explained that the issue is not whether they agree with the message on the button. The dress code states that only company-provided pins and badges can be worn on the work aprons, Fishel said, as reported by AP.

Home Depot is 100% correct on this one.