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The woman was fired from her hotel job in Miami for not turning up to work because on Sundays she \u201chonours God\u201d.<\/p>\n

A pot washer has been awarded $21m (\u00a316.3m) for being forced to work on Sundays.<\/p>\n

Marie Jean Pierre was fired in March 2016 from the Conrad Miami Hotel for missing work on six Sundays so she could attend Bethel Baptist Church in Miami.<\/p>\n

The 60-year-old, originally from Haiti, had worked at the hotel for more than a decade and had previously not been made to work on Sundays.<\/p>\n

A devout Christian missionary, she said she told her employer when she was hired that she could not work on Sundays because of her religious beliefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love God. No work on Sunday, because Sunday I honour God,\u201d she told NBC 6 Miami.<\/p>\n

For seven years she was never scheduled to work on a Sunday but they then \u201cset her up for absenteeism\u201d, her lawyer Marc Brumer said.<\/p>\n

She took the hotel, then managed by Hilton Hotels, to court, arguing that her rights had been violated under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which protects workers from discrimination on the bases of race, religion, sex or national origin.<\/p>\n

A jury this week concluded that she should be awarded $21m in damages, plus $35,000 (\u00a327,185) in back wages and $500,000 (\u00a3388,360) for emotional pain and mental anguish.<\/p>\n

Her lawyer said: \u201cThey accommodated her for seven years, and they easily could have accommodated her, but instead of doing that, they set her up for absenteeism and threw her out.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a soldier of Christ. She was doing this for all the other workers who are being discriminated against.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hotel group said it intends to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

A statement from Hilton Hotels said: \u201cDuring Ms Pierre\u2019s 10 years with the hotel, multiple concessions were made to accommodate her personal and religious commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Brumer said the case was \u201cnot about money\u201d but about sending a message to companies that \u201cwhatever size you are if you\u2019re going to take the blood and sweat of your workers, you better accommodate them or let them at least believe in their religious beliefs\u201d.<\/p>\n

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