The European court gave the right of employers to ban the wearing of religious clothing in the workplace. On Tuesday, March 14, reported Reuters.
In placing the court stated that this permission is granted only if the organization has internal rule, “which prohibited the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign”. In any other case it will be regarded as direct discrimination.
The trial began after suits brought by two Muslim women from France and Belgium who were fired for refusing to remove the hijab.
In the summer of 2016 in some areas of France have banned the wearing burqini, a Muslim swimwear that covers the body. However, in autumn, on 6 September, President Francois Hollande acknowledged that the decision is illegal, in consequence of which they are wearing again allowed.
France became the first country, who decided on a total ban of the hijab (in April 2011). Her example in the same year, followed by Belgium, and in 2016 Bulgaria. In Spain, Italy and Switzerland there are restrictions only in some regions.