A Canadian hair salon owner who refused to hire a Muslim stylist in a headscarf has been ordered by a British tribunal to pay roughly $8,000 in damages.
Sarah Desrosiers, who is originally from Windsor, Ont., had argued the stylist wasn't a good fit at her trendy salon in London, England, because she needs her employees to show off their funky hairstyles. Desrosiers, who moved to Europe a decade ago, said her stylists are essentially modelling their own haircuts for their clients.
"I never in a million years dreamt that somebody would be completely against the display of hair and be in this industry," Desrosiers, 32, said after the ruling was handed down, according to BBC News. "I don't feel I deserve [this]."
But an employment tribunal panel in central London ruled Monday that Desrosiers' actions were "indirect discrimination" against stylist Bushra Noah, 19, according to the BBC.
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Sarah Desrosiers, who is originally from Windsor, Ont., had argued the stylist wasn't a good fit at her trendy salon in London, England, because she needs her employees to show off their funky hairstyles. Desrosiers, who moved to Europe a decade ago, said her stylists are essentially modelling their own haircuts for their clients.
"I never in a million years dreamt that somebody would be completely against the display of hair and be in this industry," Desrosiers, 32, said after the ruling was handed down, according to BBC News. "I don't feel I deserve [this]."
But an employment tribunal panel in central London ruled Monday that Desrosiers' actions were "indirect discrimination" against stylist Bushra Noah, 19, according to the BBC.
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