Muslim worker claims DTE bias over prayers
Mark Hicks, The Detroit News Published 8:52 p.m. ET Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 6:24 a.m. ET Sept. 20, 2018
A civil rights advocacy group has filed a federal complaint against DTE Energy on behalf of a former worker who alleges he faced discrimination and unfair discipline by a supervisor over his religious rituals.
According to a grievance that the Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations filed Wednesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ibrahim Canales, who is a Muslim, was allowed to attend Friday prayers when he joined the Detroit-based company in early 2017 by working extra hours daily to compensate for the time lost.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/09/19/muslim-worker-discrimination-bias-dte-friday-prayers/1363431002/
