Arconic Corp. did not discriminate on the basis of religion under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it fired an employee for posting anti-LGBTQ+ language on its intranet site, even though the employee’s post was based on his sincere religious beliefs, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled.
In upholding a federal trial court ruling in Snyder v. Arconic Corp., the appeals court held August 14, 2024, that the employee’s posting of his anti-LGBTQ+ views on the company’s intranet site violated Arconic’s anti-harassment policy. The Eighth Circuit observed that the employee made no claim that his religious beliefs required him to post or otherwise express his views.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sided with the employer in this case, filing a friend-of-the-court brief with the appeals court urging it to affirm the lower court’s ruling.
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