of employment used to send around emails to all staff that reminded them that MUSLIM employees only had to work 6 hours/day during Ramadan...but the rest of us had to stay the regular full schedule. They also cut our lunch break down to 15-20 minutes during Ramadan.
I hope they no longer do that...but I don't know.
In some ways this discussion reminds me of conversations I have had with single and 'married w/ family' friends -- about the benefits that employees are offered, and how singletons often get left out of the mix. They're expected to work holidays more than their married ounterparts (because they don't have a spouse and kids to celebrate with), they don't get free tuition for their kids as part of their package. They often wonder why the double standard (they DO have family and friends they want to celebrate with so how about everyone works the same # of holidays, and instead of tuition how about a gym membership for them, etc.).
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou
of employment used to send around emails to all staff that reminded them that MUSLIM employees only had to work 6 hours/day during Ramadan...but the rest of us had to stay the regular full schedule. They also cut our lunch break down to 15-20 minutes during Ramadan.
I hope they no longer do that...but I don't know.
In some ways this discussion reminds me of conversations I have had with single and 'married w/ family' friends -- about the benefits that employees are offered, and how singletons often get left out of the mix. They're expected to work holidays more than their married ounterparts (because they don't have a spouse and kids to celebrate with), they don't get free tuition for their kids as part of their package. They often wonder why the double standard (they DO have family and friends they want to celebrate with so how about everyone works the same # of holidays, and instead of tuition how about a gym membership for them, etc.).
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou