In his opinion delivered on Thursday 4 May at the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-148/22), Advocate General Anthony Collins considers that a public body may prohibit the wearing of any visible sign of political, religious or philosophical belief in the workplace, provided that this rule applies to everyone.
The Belgian municipal authority of Ans banned one of its female employees from wearing the Islamic headscarf at work. The employee considered that this infringed her...