NGA settles lawsuit Jewish applicant filed over Saturday-only job testing




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Summary: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has settled a religious discrimination lawsuit, over claims it gave a Jewish applicant only Saturdays to complete steps in the hiring process. NGA reached a settlement last month with Jeffrey Podell, a Sabbath-observant Jew who applied for several NGA police officer jobs in April 2021. As part of the settlement, NGA agreed to give Podell pre-employment testing options Monday through Thursday. His attorney Clifford Rieders, said his client completed the test on Tuesday, Feb. 6. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices