...see this...

 

A Muslim insurance salesman suffered religious discrimination because his employers offered only alcohol as a performance incentive, an employment tribunal heard.

 

Imran Khan, 25, claimed that the bottles of wine on offer put him at a disadvantage because, as a Muslim, he could not drink alcohol and was therefore unable to claim the prizes.

 

British-born Mr Khan, who works for Direct Line Insurance, is seeking damages for "hurt feelings" under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.

 

The tribunal in Bristol heard that Mr Khan was one of a team of 14 in the city who were offered rewards for sales of pet and household insurance policies.

 

Mr Khan's team leader, Louise Cummings, said she introduced the incentives as a means of "improving staff morale and performance". "If I had realised that I had hurt anyone's feelings, then I would have taken steps to rectify that immediately," she added.

 

Tariq Sadiq, for the company, said that another Muslim worker, who had won an alcoholic prize in a similar scheme, had "simply" exchanged it for an alternative.

 

I'm not in the least bit racist...but come over here and do that....if you don't like it, feck off!!!

its wrong to use the race card in tht situation,

 

I wouldnt be happy about winning wine because i can't stand the shite

he could have just complained and im sure she would have offered an alternative.

 

"Tariq Sadiq, for the company, said that another Muslim worker, who had won an alcoholic prize in a similar scheme, had "simply" exchanged it for an alternative."

 

99% of problems like this can be sorted out simply by communicating with eachother. yeah if she told him to like it or lump it then take it to tribuneral. no-one can read minds. d!ckhead.

its wrong to use the race card in that situation

 

 

Agree - there are plenty of non-muslims who either don't like wine or don't drink alcohol so the incentive should be something that has universal appeal.

FFS, some people have no sense. What does my head in is the wider ramifications of these sh*te attitudes. No christmas? No wine?......what next for christ sake? Because of a*seholes only thinking about themselves and trying to make a quick buck everbody is oversensitive about any remotely similar issue and common sense goes out the window. I hope the judge throws it out and tells him to get a life. Dave

Yep...the country has gone mad. About time we got rid of these PC w*nkers that are ruining our country.

 

If people don't like our ways, there is nothing stopping them from leaving and going back to where they belong...

Lets hope common sense prevails here then and it gets thrown out. I can see he's point tho. The prizes should be more varied.

just goes to show how far this country has fallen

Should have offered beer as an incentive then you could have offended the homosexuals too :rofl: :rofl:

Beer is gross. You'd only have offended people who didn't want a runny arse and a pot belly. :rofl:

pmsl! maybe if they offerred tea and coffee the alcohol lovers could take them to court and get a good night out?

This gets worse....check this...

 

MEDDLING cricket chiefs could ban the anthem Jerusalem from England’s home Test series against Pakistan next year in case it offends Muslims.

 

The English and Wales Cricket Board are worried about the words building the holy city "in England’s green and pleasant land”.

 

Ironically, a CD of the hymn by the Ashes-winning team is tipped to be Christmas No1 with proceeds going to Pakistan’s earthquake victims.

 

The Sun usually talk shit....as it's a crap paper...like almost all tabloids..so I'm sure this is being blown way out of proportion.

 

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i bloody sick of this shit cant do this cant do that ,i dont drink at all but it dont affend me so whats the fooking problem with these people,this race card they keep playing is wearing very thin now

I cant fookin drink AT ALL but i,d have had the wine and given it out as pressies but in his case he could have given it to his brother to sell at his corner shop !!!

 

Not very P.C. iknow but like it was sed above what the fook is wrong wiv this country !!!!

i kave my points of views and have been forewards with them on mant occasions on this forum but this takes the piss. your wages mr khan should be initiative enough to do your job.. in this case to seel policies. if you dont like the prize then simply just dont take it!!!!!

i too am a muslim and my point of view is that we as a multi-cultural society shoul respect each others cultures and if i / you dont like alcohol then dont interfere and just say "soory thanx but no" "I appreciate your kind gesture but i am unable to accept this gift" and leave it at that. tribuneral my arse he just wants money ...wages are not enough. do your job and let others do theirs. :rant:

i kave my points of views and have been forewards with them on mant occasions on this forum but this takes the piss. your wages mr khan should be initiative enough to do your job.. in this case to seel policies. if you dont like the prize then simply just dont take it!!!!!

i too am a muslim and my point of view is that we as a multi-cultural society shoul respect each others cultures and if i / you dont like alcohol then dont interfere and just say "soory thanx but no" "I appreciate your kind gesture but i am unable to accept this gift" and leave it at that. tribuneral my arse he just wants money ...wages are not enough. do your job and let others do theirs. :rant:

I was thinking that too, surely you are paid for something....what was it.....dont tell me.....hang on.......oh yes, i remember....you get paid for doing your job! If the wages arn't high enough then move to a job where you are paid your worth, otherwise shut up. Take the gift. If you don't want it give it to a friend who would drink it.

 

If this doesn't get thrown out of court I may well have to write and publish a personal attack on this country. Political correctness is just a joke now. Yes i agree we should have some laws to prevent people like rebel being called a paki or people like chunk being called a spacker, but thats just being decent human beings, with the law there to protect us from the minority of ill educated ignorant ****wits! We DO NOT need people telling us to change christmas to winterfest, and we do NOT need people telling us what gifts we can give to someone in case we offend them.

 

Grrr this makes me so angry, I am only 19 and have grown up with most of this, but to you guys who are a bit older than me, with all this PC shit being new, i can only begin to imagine how frustrating it is!

...see this...

 

 

 

I'm not in the least bit racist...but come over here and do that....if you don't

like it, feck off!!!

 

The man was BRITISH BORN so what do you mean?

 

But yes he should not of played the racial card that is clearly wrong.

i kave my points of views and have been forewards with them on mant occasions on this forum but this takes the piss. your wages mr khan should be initiative enough to do your job.. in this case to seel policies. if you dont like the prize then simply just dont take it!!!!!

i too am a muslim and my point of view is that we as a multi-cultural society shoul respect each others cultures and if i / you dont like alcohol then dont interfere and just say "soory thanx but no" "I appreciate your kind gesture but i am unable to accept this gift" and leave it at that. tribuneral my arse he just wants money ...wages are not enough. do your job and let others do theirs. :rant:

 

Yup too easy to play the race/religion/im different card and get money out of this country :rant: . Too many bloody do-gooders, and not enough people in power with the common sense to say p1ss off when these things get to court.

The man was BRITISH BORN so what do you mean?

 

But yes he should not of played the racial card that is clearly wrong.

 

You know what I mean. If stuff like this is a real issue in people's lives then maybe they should seriously have a think about the place they are living.

 

At the end of the day, the Sun's 'could have/would have' word is only there to boil the working man's piss.