Two Las Vegas Strip Resort & Casinos Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Charges

LAS VEGAS – Aria Resort and Casino, LLC, and the Luxor Resort and Casino, LLC, resolved charges of religious discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The charges filed with the EEOC alleged that Aria and Luxor denied employees religious accommodations to the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate policies. The EEOC investigated the allegations and found reasonable cause to believe both resorts violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Following the EEOC’s investigations, the parties engaged in separate pre-litigation conciliation processes to resolve the complaints of discrimination. Without admitting liability, both the Aria and the Luxor entered into separate conciliation agreements with the EEOC. Each company agreed to provide Title VII training to its human resources department, with a specific focus on religious accommodations. The EEOC will monitor compliance with the agreements.

“We commend both the Aria and the Luxor for putting in place training measures that will have a lasting impact on workers seeking religious accommodations in the workplace,” said Michael Mendoza, director of the EEOC’s Las Vegas local office. “It is important that all employers understand that federal law requires reasonable religious accommodations, unless such an accommodation would pose an undue hardship that is substantial in the overall context of the employer's business."

For more information on religious discrimination, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/religious-discrimination.

The EEOC’s Las Vegas Local Office is part of the Los Angeles District, which includes central and southern California, southern Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands, with offices in Los Angeles, Fresno, Las Vegas, San Diego and Honolulu.

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