Brussels, 13/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - A company's ban on a Muslim employee wearing a headscarf when in contact with clients on the company's premises after one of these clients had complained, and the dismissal of this employee following her refusal to fall in line with this ban, should be considered as unlawful direct discrimination under the directive on equal treatment in employment and occupation (2000/78/EC).
This is the conclusion reached by Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston on...