Freedom of Religion in the Workplace v. Freedom to Conduct a Business, the Islamic Veil Before the Court of JusticeMs. Samira Achbita Case
ISSN: 2499-8249
Año de publicación: 2018
Volumen: 3
Número: 1
Páginas: 409-417
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: European papers: a journal on law and integration
Resumen
The Court of Justice ruled on 14 March 2017 an interesting judgment concerning the dismissal of Ms. Samira Achbita (case C‑157/15, Samira Achbita v. G4S Secure Solutions NV), a Muslim female, who had worked as a receptionist in the private sector. She was dismissed due to her refusal to stop wearing the Islamic headscarf according to an internal rule of the company aimed at establishing a neutral image through the ban of all visible political, religious, and philosophical symbols of its workers in contact with customers. The Court of Justice found that there was not direct discrimination on grounds of religion under Directive 2000/78 and it paved the way for the referring court in order to elucidate if there could have been indirect discrimination by means of the apparently neutral rule of the company.