To settle a religious discrimination lawsuit, Apple has agreed to pay $150,000 in back pay and damages to a Reston, Virginia, employee whose request for time off during the Jewish Sabbath was denied. The suit, brought against Apple by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), alleged that Apple later fired the employee in retaliation for the request. The manager who denied the request claimed it went against Apple’s weekend-work p…
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