New York City’s transit system has agreed to allow Sikh and Muslim employees to wear religious head coverings in public, such as while operating buses and subways, as part of a legal settlement filed on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court.
The settlement brings an end to what Sikh and Muslim plaintiffs dubbed a “brand or segregate” policy enforced by the New York City Transit Authority following the September 11th, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
According to the settlement papers, Transit Authority employees will no longer be forced to choose between branding their religious head coverings with the logo for the rail and bus operator’s parent, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, or working in jobs out of the public view. – (Reuters)