The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has agreed to rehire and pay $1250 to Helene Cooper, a teller who lost her job after refusing to work on High Holy Days last year, A Canadian Human Rights Commission tribunal was to hear Cooper’s complaint, but a settlement was reached when the bank assured the Commission its policy was to accommodate the religious beliefs of employes. It pleaded that one of its branches had misunderstood this policy After working for the bank for two weeks, Cooper asked for seven days’ leave for High Holy Days in October, 1978. Her employer refused the request.
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