Muslim worker loses beard discrimination claim

Mohsin Mohmed has lost his high-profile complaint against Virgin Trains, in which he complained he was discriminated against because he refused to shave his eight-inch beard. The claim was thought to be the first under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, and was heard by a tribunal back in October 2004.

Mohmed told the tribunal that managers had asked him to trim his beard and not to wear a religious skullcap. Virgin Trains countered that Mohmed had been dismissed ... (16 more words)

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