Discrimination

Can religious headscarves be banned?

Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions; Bougnaoui v Micropole SA

 

Sometimes, says the European Court of Justice (ECJ). However, one thing the decisions have definitely not done is given the green light to any employer to ban headscarves in the workplace.

Religion and holidays

Gareddu v London Underground

 

An employer did not indirectly discriminate (on the grounds of religion or belief) against one of its employees when it refused him permission to take five weeks’ holiday to attend religious festivals with his family.

Stress is unlikely to be a disability

Herry v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

 

Unhappiness with a decision or a colleague, a tendency to nurse grievances, or a refusal to compromise (if these or similar findings are made by a tribunal) are not of themselves mental impairments. They may simply reflect a person’s character or personality and are ‘reactions to adverse circumstances’.

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