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Chasidic man files suit against McDonald's for not hiring him due to 'no beard rule'

The unnamed claimant says the fast food giant's insistence he shaved his beard amounted to a 'violation of religious freedom'

July 19, 2019 08:22
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Ben Weich

1 min read

A Chasidic man from the United States is suing McDonald’s, claiming the fast food giant refused to hire him because of his religiously-mandated long beard.

The unnamed claimant, who applied for employment as a maintenance worker at a Florida McDonald’s, argues that it amounts to a violation of his freedom of religion.

According to Newsweek, the company offered him the job on the condition he would shave his beard.

The Chasidic man claims his offer to wear a ‘beard net’ instead was rebuffed by McDonald’s.

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