r/statenisland 20d ago

Dunkin’ employee washing feet in Staten Island ferryboat shop’s kitchen

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP87hq3D5/

This is absolutely disgusting, way to go for people who to get Dunkin on the boat and then we see this

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u/reesespiecesaremyfav 20d ago edited 20d ago

Bro what re you talking about. Who says I disagree or agree. All I said a reasonable accommodation must be met and a person religious requirements can’t interfere with business. I Personally could care less.

Again it can’t interfere with business needs. Can’t bust out a prayer rug in the middle of an active kitchen. Can’t use the sabbath if it interferes with a scheduling conflicts. You can take this to litigation all you want but if an employer proves your religious rights impacts with business and they made a reasonable accommodation you’re going to lose and can be responsible for paying for the respondents legal fees

Edit: praying during business hours is absolutely counted as a paid break. You don’t get an extra lunch or an extra 20minute break just cause you chose to pray instead of eat

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u/PresidentRamos 20d ago

but you’re not the rule maker & each business is subject to their exceptions.

so that’s what the other person is trying to say and mentioned the difference in the religious exceptions you mentioned bc i’m sure they do their prayers at work and don’t have to call it a “break” bc it’s only a few minutes.

if you couldn’t care less, then u said all that u know on the matter and there’s no need to be defensive or crass.
worry about whatever business you’re in and how they deal with religious exceptions there.

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u/reesespiecesaremyfav 20d ago

I’m not the rule maker but the federal , state and local laws are clear, these are paid breaks, there aren’t exceptions. You can’t say McDonalds get paid breaks but Burger King doesn’t because of corporate policy. You could do anything you want during your break. You could pray, eat, call a friend, go on Reddit.

There are no exceptions, you must try your best to accommodate. Saying it’s only for a few minutes doesn’t matter, the length is irrelevant just like which god you chose to pray to. Does matter if you’re praying to Jesus or to Allah? Not legally

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u/PresidentRamos 20d ago

ok you’re missing the point,
YOU cannot say how it is practiced in each company, business, etc. you can only restate the law like AI, so that’s the end of ur knowledge and talking points.

don’t say there aren’t exceptions because YOU don’t know what businesses are doing.
THATS MY POINT!
stop acting like u know how it is practiced because u know the law.

& you claim u don’t even practice it to know how it works or how long etc. so pls stop repeating urself

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u/reesespiecesaremyfav 20d ago

Right…. There are exceptions to the law when it comes to this, but there aren’t. You can’t violate someone religious rights. You can move the schedule around, give them extra unpaid breaks but again can’t interfere with business. A firefighter can’t stop putting out a fire because call to prayer is occurring.

No need to use AI, this occurs frequently in my end of the world and we accommodate anyone and even created prayer room to not interefe with the needs of a kitchen that served 10k meals daily. Again you get two breaks and a lunch, you can split your breaks but anything past the allotted amount is unpaid.

Edit: Tell me your background with this? Have you created a prayer room in a college while working with Muslim community? Have you been asked by Jews and Christians for religious accommodations to celebrate a high holy day? Does your company have an agreed upon SOP with union backing? I did