"J.B. Hunt agrees to drug test changes in deal with EEOC involving religious discrimination allegations", 16 Nov 2016

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced Nov. 15 that J.B. Hunt Transport Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, will pay $260,000 after allegations of race, national origin and religious discrimination.  According to EEOC, four East Indian Sikh applicants went through the application process with J.B. Hunt and were denied a religious accommodation when requesting a different accommodation to the company's hair sample drug testing policy.  The company did not admit liability...“We commend J.B. Hunt's willingness to revise its drug testing policy and take steps to make its hiring process more inclusive for qualified candidates regardless of race, national origin or religion.”...“Our clients repeatedly asked for alternatives within the drug testing regimes that would allow them to follow their religious tenets, and those requests were denied,”...