Suit Charges Airport Service Company With Religious Discrimination

A federal lawsuit filed yesterday in Indianapolis, Indiana charges Air Serv Corp. with employment discrimination after it refused to hire a Sikh man who applied for a position as a shuttle bus driver. According to the complaint (full text) in Singh v. Air Serv Corporation, (SD IN, filed 12/1/2009), the company told Inderjit Singh that corporate policy prohibited his wearing a beard or a turban. The EEOC has issued a right to sue letter in the case, concluding that there was reason to believe that there had been violations of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. A press release from Public Justice announced the filing of the lawsuit.