In 2022, the WSO advocacy resulted in the reinstatement of over 100 Sikh security guards at City of Toronto sites who had been fired due to their religiously required facial hair.
The City of Toronto had instituted a “clean shave” requirement for all security guards on city sites in order to facilitate N95 mask testing, resulting in the Sikh security guards being removed from their jobs by a number of security contractors.
As a result of the WSO’s advocacy, the City of Toronto ordered its security contractors to accommodate Sikh workers and all the security guards were reinstated and compensated for lost work hours.
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