August 10, 2026
Apple has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming the tech giant unlawfully fired a Jewish employee after denying his requests for time off of work to observe the Sabbath.
September 30, 2025
Apple refused to let a Jewish employee take time off on Fridays and Saturdays so that he could observe the Sabbath, and eventually fired him because he asked not to work on a Friday, according to a suit filed Tuesday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.