(ADVENTIST NEWS NETWORK) — A New Zealand company has been ordered to pay lost wages to a Seventh-day Adventist man who was fired for refusing to work on Sabbath.
Mark Meulenbroek was dismissed from his position at Vision Antenna, a company that installs television and audio systems in the city of Invercargill, in September 2012 after he declined to work on Saturdays.
The Human Rights Review Tribunal, part of New Zealand’s Justice Ministry, found that Meulenbroek “was terminated for reason of his religious beliefs,” and awarded him 40,000 New Zealand dollars (US $31,025) for lost wages, legal expenses, and emotional distress.
