Sabbath-observant worker flagged the conflict at hire. The EEOC says her employer ignored it
Federal regulators say Menzies Aviation refused to accommodate a Seventh-day Adventist worker and pushed her into resigning.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against Menzies Aviation (USA), Inc. on April 29, 2026 in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The agency says the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by denying a religious accommodation, retaliating against the employee, and constructively discharging her.
At the center of the case is Alicia Theoc, hired as a Cabin Service Agent at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. According to the complaint, Menzies provides aviation logistic services such as ground handling and cargo management at airports nationwide. Theoc is a practicing Seventh-day Adventist. Her beliefs require her to refrain from work from Friday sundown through Saturday sundown.
The EEOC says Theoc was upfront about her Sabbath observance during the interview process. Her application materials, the filing states, identified her as a Seventh-day Adventist who needed time off from Friday evenings through Saturdays and described potential alternative scheduling accommodations. Menzies hired her in October 2023.
Shortly after she began work, the complaint alleges, Menzies began scheduling her on Friday evenings and Saturdays. Theoc raised it with her immediate supervisor, the operations...
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