Rastafarian Who Wouldn’t Cut Hair for Job Wins Case
Rastafarian Trevor Dawkins will get compensation after being turned down for a job driving government ministers because of his dreadlocks.
An industrial tribunal ruled Friday that 26-year-old Dawkins was the victim of discrimination after refusing at an interview to have a haircut. It said his dreadlocks were part of his ethnic culture.
Rastafarianism originated in Jamaica. Its adherents believe the late Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, admired for his country’s resistance to colonialism, was either a special prophet or God and they do not cut their hair.
The Commission for Racial Equality hopes to negotiate damages of up to $15,000 for Dawkins.
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