More than 100 Sikhs lose jobs in Toronto over cleanshaven rule

July 05, 2022 17:44

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'More than 100 Sikh men have lost their jobs as private security guards for the City of Toronto because of a policy that requires them to be clean shaven so they can wear properly fitting N95 respirators while working,' Dakshana Bascaramurty in The Globe and Mail.

The World Sikh Organization of Canada has called the policy "absurd' and said the guards are being punished for their faith, which requires them to grow their facial hair, she adds.

'A manager at one Toronto security company told its team of security guards that security staff employed by the City of Toronto had performed compliance checks on contractors and noted which ones were not clean shaven.'

The manager said the city had deducted almost 200 billable hours from his company for non-compliance, Bascaramurty writes, but city spokesperson Erin Whitton described the dispute as one between the security guards and their private employers, not the City of Toronto.

You can read her report, here.

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