Right to Respect of Religious Beliefs Before the WA Supreme Court

The Rosenberg Law Group, PLLC is before the Washington Supreme Court. The Rosenberg Law Group, PLLC and the Rocke Law Group, PLLC filed suit on behalf of food service workers in the case of Kumar v. GateGourmet. Gate Gourmet is accused of having secretly served pork to its employees despite knowing that their religious beliefs prohibited the consumption of pork. Gate Gourmet allegedly made that switch because the local manager preferred pork over turkey balls and did not care that his choice offended his employees.The case was initially dismissed in King County Superior Court as the binding authority currently states that the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) doesn’t require employers to accommodate their employees religious beliefs. A court of appeals had decided that there was no protection for employees’ religious beliefs under the WLAD. The Washington State Supreme Court has decided to hear argument on this matter, likely in October of this year. There is still hope that Washington law will protect employee’s religious beliefs.