Shop Sued For Denying Bathroom Use To Hispanics

Shop Sued For Denying Bathroom Use To Hispanics
Shop Sued For Denying Bathroom Use To Hispanics

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Video: Shop Sued For Denying Bathroom Use To Hispanics
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The US Department of Labor put a "here" to the abuse of a famous New York store against its Hispanic and other minority employees in serious demand.

The warehouse in question is B&H Photo & Electronics, a renowned establishment that has specialized in photography and video equipment for 30 years, as its name says. The warehouse, which is owned by a man named Herman Schreiber, is also famous also because the vast majority of its and employees are Jews of Hasidic origin and wear their traditional clothing in the warehouse and strictly obey the Jewish calendar.

According to NY Post reports, an investigation found that B&H prohibited its Hispanic employees from using the bathrooms of its warehouses in Brooklyn County, forcing them to use others that lacked adequate sanitation measures, were "dirty" and separated from the rest of the toilets used by the other employees. The store also did not offer a separate bathroom for female employees.

This is not the first time that the store has been sued, according to reports from the Times of Israel and the aforementioned Post:

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