Ex-Ramsey Staffer Gets EEOC Support For Discrimination Lawsuit

Dave Ramsey

A former employee of Dave Ramsey has appealed his religious discrimination lawsuit and drawn support from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

An amicus brief filed on March 20 by the EEOC said a federal district court improperly dismissed a religious discrimination suit in December against Dave Ramsey's company.

In a March 20 amicus brief filed with the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, an EEOC attorney argued that the former employee, Brad Amos, did indeed allege a valid religious discrimination claim, contrary to what a federal district court ruled in 20231.

Amos initially filed suit against prominent radio personality Ramsey and his company, Ramsey Solutions, in 2021, approximately a year after he was terminated from his role editing videos for the company.

Brad Amos

Among other things, Amos claimed that the company asked him to work in-person during the Covid-19 pandemic and that he was retaliated against for following his religious conviction of protecting the health and safety of his own family.

The EEOC contends that Amos made a valid ‘reverse religious discrimination’ claim, asserting that he was discriminated against for not adhering to his employer’s religious beliefs. 

The EEOC has stepped up its filing of amicus briefs lately to provide more support to employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act1. In its brief, the EEOC emphasized that the law does not require Amos to plead his own religious beliefs but merely that he was discriminated against for not adhering to those of his employer. The brief also highlighted that Ramsey Solutions sought religious conformity with even greater force after the Covid-19 pandemic began.

This legal battle reflects tensions between religious convictions, workplace policies, and individual rights. The outcome remains uncertain, but the EEOC’s support adds weight to Amos’s case as it continues to unfold in the courts.