Updated On: 02 October, 2015 06:06 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>Turban-wearing Sikhs will now have the ‘right to choose not to wear head protection’ and will be exempted from legal requirements to wear a safety helmet in the majority of workplaces</p>
London: Sikhs in Britain will no longer face legal action for wearing turbans in a majority of workplaces after the government announced a new set of rules on Thursday.
“Turban-wearing Sikhs will now have the right to choose not to wear head protection and will be exempt from legal requirements to wear a safety helmet in the majority of workplaces,” an official statement from the British government said.