Christian woman awarded $21.5 million for being fired for refusing to work Sundays

Miami, Florida -- a federal jury awarded Marie Jean Pierre, a Christian woman, $21.5 million in punitive damages last week.

The court declared that her employer, the Conrad Hotel, unjustly fired her when she refused to work on Sundays because of her Christian faith.

"Marie Jean Pierre worked as a dishwasher at the Conrad from 2006 to 2016," the Miami Herald reported. "The hotel knew about her involvement in the Soldiers of Christ Church that prevented her from working Sundays. But in 2015, her boss, kitchen manager George Colon, assigned her to work Sundays anyway."

Ms. Pierre managed her new schedule while adhering to her church's sabbath requirements by trading shifts with her fellow co-workers. This went on for several weeks but then her employer demanded she work Sundays, regardless of her efforts. She refused to compromise her belief and she was fired.

After the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued Pierre a "right to sue" notice, Pierre filed suit against the Conrad Hotel, managed by HEI Hotels & Resorts, alleging she had been unjustly fired for her religious beliefs.

"I love God," she told NBC 6 Miami, according to Yahoo News. "No work on Sunday, because Sunday I honor God."

Marc Brumer, Pierre's attorney, told NBC 6 that her lawsuit was for all employees being discriminated against because of their religion.

"They accommodated her for seven years, and they easily could have accommodated her, but instead of doing that, they set her up for absenteeism and threw her out," her attorney, Marc Brumer, told NBC 6. "She’s a soldier of Christ. She was doing this for all the other workers who are being discriminated against."

Pierre's complaint said that the "defendant retaliated against Plaintiff by, among other things, creating a hostile work environment for Plaintiff, reprimanding Plaintiff for her religious beliefs, and terminating Plaintiff."

Pierre has now been awarded $36,000 for lost wages, $500,000 for emotional wages, and $21 million in punitive damages. Hopefully this will have made an impression on Conrad Hotels and those on the left who fearlessly attack Christians and Jews while cowering from the requirements of Islam while on the job.

"This was not about money," Bruner told NBC 6. "This was about sending a message to other corporations whether big or small. Whatever size you are, if you’re going to take the blood and sweat of your workers, you better accommodate them or let them at least believe in their religious beliefs. Not a preference but a belief."

The hotel chain, part of the Hilton brand, did not learn their lesson and expressed disappointment with the verdict. They plan to appeal, asserting that "multiple concessions" were made on her behalf.

But not on Sunday's schedule apparently.

"We were very disappointed by the jury’s verdict, and don’t believe that it is supported by the facts of this case or the law," the chain said in a statement. "During Ms. Pierre’s 10 years with the hotel, multiple concessions were made to accommodate her personal and religious commitments. We intend to appeal, and demonstrate that the Conrad Miami was and remains a welcoming place for all guests and employees."

Without knowing the full story behind Ms. Pierre and her history with the hotel, if what is accurate is their refusal to give her Sundays off from work, that alone is damning . . . literally.

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