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Sikh TSA screener wins $30,000 EEOC settlement from DHS over religious wristband

Some reporting by Lauren Markoe of the Religion News Service that is posted on the Washington Post's website:

Religion News Service
Sikh TSA agent wins suit over religious wristband

Published: June 6, 2012


A short quote:
WASHINGTON — A Sikh security officer at New York’s largest airport won a $30,000 settlement against the Department of Homeland Security, which had forbidden him from displaying his kara — a wristband that Sikhs wear to remind them of the divine.

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The case alleged discrimination on the basis of Singh’s religion under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] decided the case in March and required the TSA to allow employees to wear the kara freely, and to post a notice of the violation by mid-June.
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