トラックで運ぶing company makes '£200,000 payout' to Sikh men '否定するd 職業s' after they 辞退するd to give hair 見本s for 麻薬 実験(する)s as it's against their 宗教

  • The men brought the 活動/戦闘 against US 会社/堅い J.B. 追跡(する) 輸送(する) Services
  • Three 辞退するd to 供給する a hair 見本 and a fourth wouldn't 除去する his turban for a urine 実験(する) on 宗教的な grounds?
  • Although they 申し込む/申し出d 代案/選択肢 means of 実験(する)ing, they were 否定するd 職業s
  • One of the men, Lakhbir Singh, 初めは from Punjab, said it was 'one of the hardest times' of his life
  • See more news from India at www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome

An American トラックで運ぶing company has agreed to 支払う/賃金 more than £200,000 to settle 差別 (民事の)告訴s by four Sikh drivers who were 否定するd 職業s for 辞退するing to take 麻薬 実験(する)s that would have 侵害する/違反するd their 宗教的な beliefs, it's (人命などを)奪う,主張するd.

J.B. 追跡(する) 輸送(する) Services Inc. reached the 解決/入植地 始める,決める to be 発表するd on Tuesday with the US Equal 雇用 適切な時期 (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限, によれば the 協定 供給するd to The Associated 圧力(をかける).

The トラックで運ぶing company 要求するd three men to clip their hair for 麻薬 見本s and 要求するd a fourth to 除去する his turban before 供給するing a urine 見本, said The Sikh 連合, which 代表するd the men and 株d the 協定.

Lakhbir Singh, one of the four truckers in the case against J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc outside the Los Angeles Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office in May

Lakhbir Singh, one of the four truckers in the 事例/患者 against J.B. 追跡(する) Transportation Services Inc outside the Los Angeles Equal 雇用 適切な時期 (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 office in May

The four California men were not 申し込む/申し出d 実験(する)ing 代案/選択肢s and were 否定するd 職業s when they 辞退するd to 服従させる/提出する to the 実験(する)s.

Observant Sikhs never 削減(する) their hair and wear turbans in public at all times, said Harsimran Kaur, the group's 合法的な director. It is considered shameful and humiliating to 除去する a turban in public.

'It's 絶対 a challenge for observant Sikhs to 持続する unshorn hair,' Kaur said Monday.?

'The importance of this 解決/入植地 is that it sends a message to 雇用者s that even 麻薬 実験(する)ing regimens do not 落ちる outside the purview of the 連邦の anti-差別 法律. 雇用者s can't proffer safety as a 一面に覆う/毛布 justification to 差別する.'

Observant Sikhs never cut their hair and wear turbans in public at all times (photo for representation only)

Obser vant Sikhs never 削減(する) their hair and wear turbans in public at all times (photo for 代表 only)

J.B. 追跡(する) agreed to 改訂する its anti-差別 政策s and 供給する training on 融通するing 宗教的な beliefs, によれば the 協定.

The Arkansas-based company chose not to comment, によれば 弁護士/代理人/検事 Kevin Lilly, who 代表するd the company in the 事柄.

The EEOC wouldn't comment Monday, a spokeswoman said.

The Sikh 連合 said the 事例/患者 could have an 衝撃 on other トラックで運ぶing companies and 産業s.?

Thousands of Sikhs work as truckers in the US and the group said it has also learned of 科学(工学)技術 and 製薬の companies that asked Sikhs to 供給する hair 見本s, which can show the presence of 麻薬s several months after use.

Thousands of Sikhs work as truckers in the US and the group said it has also learned of technology and pharmaceutical companies that asked Sikhs to provide hair samples?(photo for representation only)

Thousands of Sikhs work as truckers in the US and the group said it has also learned of 科学(工学)技術 and 製薬の companies that asked Sikhs to 供給する hair 見本s?(photo for 代表 only)

雇用者s can 一般に 要求する a 確かな 外見 at work, even barring 耐えるd or hair styles that might be associated with 確かな racial groups, said Ariela 甚だしい/12ダース, a 法律 professor at the University of Southern California.?

However, those 支配するs don't tend to 停止する when 適用するd to 宗教的な groups that 要求する a turban or 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 them from cutting hair.

'Where they're 要求するing them to 削減(する) a piece of their hair for 麻薬 実験(する)ing it seems 半端物 they wouldn't 受託する other types of 実験(する)ing 代案/選択肢s,' 甚だしい/12ダース said. 'That's what makes it seem like a 比較して straightforward 事例/患者.'

Observant Sikhs 棄権する from alcohol and 麻薬 use. They never 削減(する) their hair because it's considered to be in harmony with God's will and is one of five 要求するd articles of 約束.

One of the truckers in the 事例/患者, Lakhbir Singh, who emigrated from Punjab, India, 20 years ago, said he always had submitted to urinalysis for 麻薬 実験(する)s for other 職業s.?

When J.B. 追跡(する) 要求するd a hair clipping for 実験(する)ing while he …に出席するd 職業 orientation in 2011, he 申し込む/申し出d to 供給する a hair 見本 from his 徹底的に捜す, but wouldn't 許す his hair to be clipped.

After losing the 職業, he struggled for most of the next five years to find 永久の, 十分な-time work to support his family. He now 作品 for another トラックで運ぶing company.

'When they 拒絶する/低下するd to give me the 職業, it was one of the hardest times of my life,' he said through an 解釈する/通訳する r. 'My 団体/死体 went numb and I had 涙/ほころびs in my 注目する,もくろむs.'

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