Bath & Body Employee Fired For Being A Witch
source: http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1218324
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A Connecticut Bath & Body Works staffer who practices witchcraft claims her boss put a hex on her career for using vacation time to attend Salem’s annual Halloween celebration. Gina Uberti charges in a federal lawsuit that Bath & Body Works fired her after she took a week off around Halloween 2008 to mark the Wiccan holiday of Samhain.
(Kronenberg, J., 2009, December 12, para. 1-2)
But in court filings, Uberti alleged that the chain canned her after eight years because she took time off for the holiday, also called “Witches’ New Year.” Uberti, a Bath & Body Works district sales manager, claims she’d taken vacation around Samhain for years, but said her new supervisor flipped out when learning why.
(Kronenberg, J., 2009, December 12, para. 5-6)
During a Nov. 4, 2008, phone call about her absence, Uberti’s boss allegedly said: “That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard,” adding, “Well, you will need a new career in your new year. . . . I will be damned if I have a devil worshipper on my team.”
(Kronenberg, J., 2009, December 12, para. 7)
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(Kronenberg, J., 2009, December 12, para. 1-2)
But in court filings, Uberti alleged that the chain canned her after eight years because she took time off for the holiday, also called “Witches’ New Year.” Uberti, a Bath & Body Works district sales manager, claims she’d taken vacation around Samhain for years, but said her new supervisor flipped out when learning why.
(Kronenberg, J., 2009, December 12, para. 5-6)
During a Nov. 4, 2008, phone call about her absence, Uberti’s boss allegedly said: “That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard,” adding, “Well, you will need a new career in your new year. . . . I will be damned if I have a devil worshipper on my team.”
(Kronenberg, J., 2009, December 12, para. 7)
More details at the link:
http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1218324
[courtesy of alanocu: digg]
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melynda
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freedom of religion means any religion, and it is illegal to fire somebody because of their religious beliefs. Putting a 'hex' on someone amounts to the same thing as praying for someone. Once I was getting my prescriptions filled, and the woman helping me grabbed me by the head and began to speak in tongues, praying my epilepsy away. She should no more be fired than this person for being wiccan. Or, if you think the witch should have been fired, shouldnt the pentacostal woman (she told me) who grabbed my head?
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melynda
