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Originally posted by The Familia@Aug 5 2004, 12:19 AM
That's a load of garbage. You can't tell someone what they can and can't eat. I don't care if it's your belief or not, you can't force soemone to do something they don't wanna do. If she wants to eat pork then she has every right to be able to eat it. You can't get fired from a job for something as ridiculous as that.
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That's not entirely true. In Canada (the US is similar), an employer has the right to dictate the rules of the workplace, as long as they don't infringe on the rights provided in the Human Rights Act, Canada Labour Code, or any provincial employment standards.
For example, an employer can prohibit employees from eating altogether (breaks excluded, obviously), or from eating certain products. You would likely be fired on the spot if you dared to eat a competitor's product in the workplace of a consumer packaged goods company such as Kraft, Hostess-Frito Lay, Nestle, etc.
The key difference in this case is that the "no pig" rule isn't formal and was applied unilaterally to one employee, based on religious reasons (which is a protected right). Actually, the real key to this case will likely be the fact that Muslim is forcing their beliefs onto a Christian in the USA, and that's just not going to sit well.