(Answered) : 17) Mahinder, a practicing Sikh, is hired by Octogon Steel Fabricators as a forklift driver. OSHA regulations and company polici

17) Mahinder, a practicing Sikh, is hired by Octogon Steel Fabricators as a forklift driver. OSHA regulations and company policies require all employees in the plant to wear a hardhat. Mahinder refuses to wear the hardhat because he is unwilling to cover his turban. Octogon fires Mahinder, who files a religious discrimination claim under Title VII. What is the result?

a. Mahinder will prevail because a turban is enough protection for his head.

b. Mahinder should ask a Sikh priest for a special dispensation to wear the hardhat on the grounds that an employee has a duty to cooperate with the employer.

c.