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Club fined for refusing entry to Sikh
WSN Network

TORONTO: A nightclub in Canada has been fined $4,300 for refusing entry to a Sikh man, who said he had been a victim of racial discrimination.  

Jaspal Randhawa, a 33-year-old Canadian-born accountant, launched a racial discrimination complaint after he and his friends were not allowed to enter the Tequila Nightclub in Calgary in July 2004.  

The nightclub was fined $4,300 by Alberta's Human Rights Commission for refusing entry to Randhawa, who wears a turban, CBC reported.  

Randhawa had asked the doorman whether the club had any policies against allowing people with turbans inside. hehate When he was told that there was no such restriction, Randhawa stood in the line.  

However, according to Randhawa, a bouncer approached Randhawa 10 minutes later and told him he wouldn't be allowed in because the owners want to maintain a certain image and don't want clients to say there are a lot of 'brown' people inside.

The commission agreed last Wednesday that Randhawa was discriminated against and awarded him $3,500 plus interest for injury to his dignity and self-respect and $800 in expenses.  

A lawyer for the commission said the panel's decisions are legally binding. The panel also ordered the club to bring in a policy on racial discrimination in the workplace within two months and to train its staff about it.   

26 March 2008
 

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