In the first case of its kind, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled
that employers are allowed to ban employees from wearing visible
religious, political and philosophical symbols in the workplace.
However, such a ban has to be based on internal company rules
dictating that employees “dress neutrally” and cannot be based on “the
wishes of a customer”, the ECJ stipulated.
“An internal rule of an undertaking which prohibits the visible
wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign does not
constitute direct discrimination,” the court said in a statement.
“However, in the absence of such a rule, the willingness of an
employer to take account of the wishes of a customer no longer to have
the employer’s services provided by a worker wearing an Islamic
headscarf cannot be considered an occupational requirement that could
rule out discrimination.”
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Source: euronews.
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