Business · Nationwide · August 11, 2026
Lawsuit Claims In-N-Out Fired Christian Cook Over Sunday Shift Refusal
International Business Times UK reports that a former In-N-Out Burger employee has filed a lawsuit alleging religious discrimination after being terminated for declining to work Sunday shifts on religious grounds. The suit reportedly centers on a cook who says the company did not accommodate a request tied to Sabbath observance before ending the employment. Confirmed at this point: a lawsuit has been filed and the plaintiff's claim involves Sunday-shift scheduling and termination. Not yet confirmed by available reporting: the jurisdiction, the specific accommodation requested, In-N-Out's stated reason for termination, or the company's formal response to the allegations. Cases like this typically turn on whether an employer engaged in good-faith efforts to accommodate a sincerely held religious practice under federal and state employment law, and whether any accommodation would have posed an undue hardship on operations. Readers working in food service, retail, or other shift-based industries should treat this as a reminder to understand how religious accommodation requests are supposed to be handled, and to keep records if they ever request one themselves.
Source: International Business Times UK
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From the book
The mandate of honest scales. Proverbs 11:1 declares, "The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him." In the biblical worldview, economic justice requires impartiality. A transaction should be judged by the value of the goods rather than by the identity or politics of the participants. Cutting off banking access to a ministry, or firing an employee over his religious views, violates the principle of honest scales. It introduces a false weight, which is ideology, into an economic exchange. Christian business ethics demands a return to merit and objective value.
— Chapter 23, “Biblical Foundations: Honest Scales”
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