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Banning headscarves is permissible but difficult to achieve
The European Court of Justice has ruled this week that companies can ban employees in customer facing roles from wearing the Islamic headscarf or 'hijab'.
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Will companies be allowed to ban headscarves – and if so should they?
Advocate General Kokott has given her opinion on whether a company's ban on employees wearing religious, political or philosophical symbols ("Symbols") while working was direct discrimination, in Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions NV.
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"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." Exodus 20:8
Earlier today the Court of Appeal refused to uphold an appeal by Celestina Mba against the decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that she had not been
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Further tests to the scope of Article 9 ECHR
Following our earlier blog on Sunday working, it would seem that the scope of the Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") is being well and truly tested of late. Last week a tax
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Sunday working subject to legal challenge
The conventional 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, working week is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. People are now working more flexibly during the week. Conversely, people are also expecting
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The Niqab – The Elephant in the Courtroom
A judge has ruled that a Muslim woman, who had refused to remove her niqab in court, can stand trial wearing a full-face veil, but must remove it to give evidence. In the ruling Judge Murphy said:
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Strasbourg Court crosses swords with the UK
Not everything is as it seems in yesterday's much misunderstood Eweida and Others ruling from the European Court of Human Rights.The issue at stake, in basic terms, was whether there had been a