European court rules employers can ban women from wearing Islamic headscarves and religious symbols

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European court rules employers can ban women from wearing Islamic headscarves and religious symbols

Judges find workplace rules governing all political and religious clothing is not discriminatory

    Lizzie Dearden
    @lizziedearden
    Tuesday 14 March 2017 10:36 GMT


The European Court of Justice has ruled that companies can ban employees from wearing the Islamic headscarf, but only as part of prohibitions including other religious symbols.

It is the first case of its kind amid a series of legal disputes over the right for Muslim women to wear the hijab at work.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/european-court-justice-islamic-headscarf-hijab-ban-employers-legal-religious-symbols-case-belgium-a7628626.html