Two former employees of North Carolina-based residential services firm Aurora Pro Services (Leave Review on Yelp) are alleging they were fired for refusing to take part in daily Christian prayer rituals.
The two employees allege that the prayer meetings initially were short 15-minute sessions, but that they gradually grew longer and stretched out to lengths of up to 45 minutes.
Among other things, the leaders of the sessions would seek prayers for “poor performing employees who were identified by name,” the lawsuit claims.
When John McGaha, who describes himself as an atheist, complained multiple times about the meetings, he saw his base pay slashed in half before being fired shortly after.