Disney loses 'turban battle' against Sikh postman

A Sikh postman has won his fight against Disney World after claiming he was forced to work away from customers so they wouldn’t see his beard or turban.

Lawyers for Gurdit Singh said he was segregated because he did not match their ‘look policy'. He only drove an out-of-sight route while other workers rotated routes every few weeks.

He attempted to switch to regular rotation with no success. He contacted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Sikh Coalition, who wrote a letter asking for religious accommodation to be granted to Singh.

Speaking to The Guardian, Heather Weaver, a Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU, said: “Where companies have these look policies or other uniform standards, it’s especially difficult for individuals of minority faiths to meet the requirements and so it disproportionately affects them.