NASHVILLE, Tenn. More than two dozen Muslims walked off the job last month at a Nashville Dell plant because they say the computer company didn't let them take a break to pray at sunset.
The 30 Muslim workers, mostly from Somalia, were packaging computers at Dell through a temporary labor agency.
The two sides will go through mediation, which will be handled by the city's Human Relations Commissions.
The Muslim workers walked out of the company's Nashville plant on February 4th.
Muslims are required by their faith to pray five times a day.
Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said most prayer times are flexible, but sunset prayers must be said at dusk.
Dell spokesman Mark Drury said company officials are eager to "find out what happened in this situation" because the company has a policy to allow short breaks for religious considerations.
Dell employs about 3,000 workers at its facilities in Nashville and Lebanon.