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. Keith is legally blind and uses the assistance of a guide dog. When he walks into the company cafeteria, many of the employees get up and leave. Lucy, an employee in Keith’s department comes to your office to complain. She says, “Why does Keith get to bring a dog to work? You don’t see me bringing my pet Maltese, Fifi, into the office?”

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Explanation / Answer

Title I of the ADA prohibits with employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against any employee on the basis of a disability. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 12111(5)(A), 12112(a) (2008).

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