Religious transit workers do not have to stick the MTA logo on their turbans, but will have to don headwear that matches the agency’s blue uniform, under the terms of a federal- lawsuit settlement reached yesterday.
The agreement comes after years of legal disputes between the agency and religious workers, some of whom were removed from their posts for refusing to ditch their headwear.
“This policy made no sense,” said subway operator Kevin Harrington, one of the Sikh subway operators who sued the agency.
The policy was only enforced after 9/11, said Harrington, who evacuated a train with hundreds of passengers in lower Manhattan right after the terror attacks.
The Justice Department also sued the agency over the policy, claiming it violated workers’ religious beliefs.
The MTA said the headdress code was not motivated by any bias.
“NYCT believed it had offered reasonable accommodations . . . to its employees,” said spokesman Kevin Ortiz.
“The settlement contains no finding of fault or liability.”