"Security Services Company to Pay $90,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit," 23 January 2018

Universal Protection Services, LP, dba Allied Universal Security Services, a nationwide private security services company, will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…[the] company refused to accommodate the request of a Muslim security guard who sought a modification to the company's grooming standard. The company fired him two days after he made the request.

Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits religious discrimination and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to employees' sincerely held religious beliefs.

As part of the settlement…Allied Universal will retain an equal employment monitor [and] review and revise its religious accommodation policies and practices to comply with Title VII.

In August 2016, Allied Barton Security Services merged with Universal Protection Services and was collectively renamed Allied Universal.