Similar disputes over the right to prayer breaks have created similar conflicts around the country: employers often suggest Muslim workers use scheduled bathroom breaks for this purpose, rather than take additional time out (which is seen as being unfair to non-Muslim workers).

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To keep things congenial, the workers threw in some freebies, like some wooden shelves in a bathroom.

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After being sued repeatedly for allegedly forcing employees to work through lunch and bathroom breaks, the company installed computer systems that shut down individual cash registers when workers were scheduled for breaks.

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Home health aide work can also be extremely physical and sometimes dangerous: workers often have to lift and move their patients who need help bathing, going to the bathroom, and moving around their homes.

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Also sometime during the flight, a Continental Airlines flight attendant was in the rear galley with co-workers preparing a serving cart when she observed Sawyerr walking towards the rear of the aircraft and enter the bathroom.

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