Ganesh, who works for CutX, a surgical instrument manufacturer, does not shave o
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Ganesh, who works for CutX, a surgical instrument manufacturer, does not shave or trim his facial hair because of his Sikh religious observance. When he seeks a promotion to manage the division responsible for sterilizing instruments, CutX tells him that he must shave or trim his beard because it may contaminate the sterile field. All division employees are required to be clean shaven and wear a face mask. When Ganesh explains that he does not trim his beard for religious reasons, CutX offers to allow Ganesh to wear two face masks instead of trimming his beard. When Ganesh refuses to wear two face masks, the CutX fires him.
Ganesh claims that CutX fired him on the basis of his religion. Assume that you work for the EEOC and your job is to determine whether CutX violated Title VII. How would you rule and why?
Explanation / Answer
No this is not the discrimination.
The law prohibits the employer to discriminate the employees based on color, race, religion, sex, etc.
If I am working at Equal Employment Opportunity Commission then I will find that this is not a discrimination case. It would have been violated the laws if CutX fired Ganesh for not trimming or saving the beard. Since the company did not fire Ganesh because of this factor but it have given him an alternative to perform.
Quality is also a factor in the company. If Ganesh is wearing two masks then the problem is solved. And wearing two mask in not so much difficult and annoying. Ganesh should wear it for quality purpose.
The finding is that the company has respected religious sentiments of Ganesh and offered him to wear two masks but because he denied wearing the company fired him. The action was because he did not wear the mask rather than being a Sikh.
So this is not a case of discrimination.
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