Lexington-Fayette Urban County
Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
August 2, 2022
CONTACT: William D. Wharton, Executive
Director
Kathy Riley, Community
Relations Coordinator
E-mail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Lexington
Woman Awarded $5,000 in Discrimination Case Against Cracker Barrel
On Monday, July 17, 2000, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights
Commission upheld the recommended decision of the hearing examiner to award
$5,000 in damages to Tammy Johnson in her discrimination case against Cracker
Barrel Old Country Stores, Inc.
In Tammy Johnson v. Cracker
Barrel Old Country Stores, Inc., the hearing examiner determined that
Cracker Barrel discriminated against Ms. Johnson in relation to religious
accommodations and race. Ms.
Johnson, who is black, said that she was denied her requests to not be scheduled
to work on an occasional Sunday for religious accommodation to attend church,
while other employees, particularly a white female, were not scheduled on
Sundays. Cracker Barrel responded
that they were not able to reasonably accommodate Ms. Johnson’s request for
staffing reasons and that Ms. Johnson did not follow proper procedure when
asking not to be scheduled on an occasional Sunday.
A public hearing was held on March 20, 2023 after attempts at conciliation did
not settle the dispute. The hearing
examiner awarded Ms. Johnson $2,500 for her embarrassment and humiliation in
regard to her employer’s refusal to accommodate her religious belief and
$2,500 for her embarrassment and humiliation relative to her employer subjecting
her to disparate treatment due to her race.
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