For the following scenario, please identify which employment law applies and exp

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For the following scenario, please identify which employment law applies and explain how and why the law you identified applies.

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Question: Jaggi is an observant Sikh who is required to wear a turban while in public. When he applied for a job as a traffic enforcement agent (a meter maid) he was told ‘to remove that towel from his head.” When Jaggi explained to HR that his religion requires him to wear a turban, the HR manager said, “We have a policy that all meter maids wear a uniform. No exceptions.”

Answer: Title VII on the basis of religion

Question 1. Jenna is a 55-year old woman who wants to work in your paint mixing department. The paint fumes have caused nausea, upset stomach and dizziness with some female workers over the years. However, the paint fumes do not exceed the industry standard and does not violate OSHA. Your Director of Paint Mixing is concerned about assigning Jenna to this department because he is not sure that a woman is physically capable of managing the work.

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Explanation / Answer

Title VII of civil rights act 1964 is a Federal law that protects citizens from discrimination based on religion. This law makes illegal to employers to discriminate persons based on religion to hiring, promotions, firing or for other job opportunities.

This law also requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an employee. Unless to do so would create undue hardship on employers.

In this case, Jaggi wear a turban in public as per his religion practice. But when he applied for a job and ask to remove that turban, it is not legal as per Title VII law described above. As per this law, Jaggi would allowed to accommodate his religious practices at job and not allowing this is illegal and leads to punishment to employer.

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