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[emmelinemay]

More from the newspapers - from sad to FURIOUS.

Muslim hairdresser who wears a scarf wins £4000 for 'hurt feelings' after being turned down for a job in a super trendy salon

She wouldn't have got that job headscarf or not, quite frankly. It's really near my work, and all the people that work in there are alternative trendy types. So now you're no longer allowed to refuse people jobs if they won't fit in? We can all sue potential employers when we have a bad interview for 'hurt feelings'???

This was nothing to do with discrimination. This is a stupid girl in totally the wrong profession. She was apparently turned down TWENTY FIVE TIMES in total, it was just that this one salon owner was honest enough to mention what all the rest were thinking - how can you be a HAIR STYLIST if you believe your hair should be covered in public??

I am actually incoherent with rage over this issue. I am pretty sure I mentioned it here when the news first broke, but can't find my entry on it.

The tribunal found no religious discrimination, no unfair discrimination, they even accepted thatone of the reasons the head-scarf girl was turned down was that she lived too far away from the salon. And yet, £4000 for HURT FEELINGS???

emperor_tamarin sums up with this comment:
Headline should be: "Self righteous teenager gets payout for belonging to minority religious group that everyone is afraid of offending."

EDIT - Here's the website for Wedge, with some pictures of the stylists.
http://www.wedgehair.co.uk/Pages/Gallery.html
Note - the owner trained at Children Of Vision - some of you will remember their salon upstairs at Kensington Market. This girl would not have got a job there, headscarf or otherwise.

Comments

[robtrooper.livejournal.com]

I hope the salon owner appeals.
The headscarf girl is obviously prejudice against her for being the last one to turn her down. Why didn't she take all the other employers to court for the same reason.
If she can get 'hurt feelings' i think it is equally hurtful and prejudice to the salon owner to be singled out.
She wouldn't have sued if that salon owner was the only one who denied her.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I hope the salon owner appeals.

I was thinking the same thing - £4000 for HURT FEELINGS??? WTF?

An appeal would probably cost even more money though.

[robtrooper.livejournal.com]

I believe this could put her out of business. I hope the young girl is happy with herself.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

It could do, but there's been reports that a local pub wants to put on a fundrasier for the salon owner to pay the appeal.

If that's true, I might even attempt to get myself down there.

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

of course she's happy with herself! she just got £4000... she's probably leaping around the place screeching "four grand! four grand!" at anyone that makes eye contact with her.