Man accuses firm of
discrimination
Lab Corp. denied him
job
BY KATHLEEN HOPKINS,
app.com from the Web, September 21, 2005
TOMS RIVER -- The state
Attorney General's Office has found probable cause to bring civil charges
against a Manchester company for denying a qualified job applicant employment
because of his religion.
After an investigation into a complaint that Lab Corporation of America in
Manchester had denied a job to a qualified candidate because his Orthodox Jewish
faith would preclude him from working on Saturdays, the Civil Rights division of
the Attorney General's Office filed documents saying it had found sufficient
evidence to believe the company had violated the state's Law Against
Discrimination, according to Attorney General Peter C. Harvey.
The job applicant in question is Stuart Aron, a Lakewood resident who had
responded to a job listing for a phlebotomist. He was interviewed for the
position.
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