All items: Effect of EC law

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  Advocate General's opinion in Achbita and another v G4S Secure Solutions [2017] IRLR 466 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Workplace ban on Muslim headscarves can be legitimate, suggests Advocate General

    Date:

    2 June 2016

    The Advocate General has said that it is not direct religious discrimination for an employer with a policy of religious and political neutrality to prevent a Muslim employee from wearing an Islamic headscarf.

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  Advocate General's opinion in Bougnaoui and another v Micropole SA [2017] IRLR 447 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Workplace ban on Muslim headscarves is discriminatory, suggests Advocate General

    Date:

    14 July 2016

    The Advocate General has suggested that an employer cannot have a blanket ban on religious dress that prevents a Muslim woman from wearing an Islamic headscarf when in contact with clients.

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  Trayhorn v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] IRLR 502 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Religious discrimination: Disciplinary action due to homophobic comments, not Christian beliefs

    Date:

    10 August 2017

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that there was no religious discrimination when a Christian prison employee faced disciplinary action for quoting a passage from the bible and "speaking about homosexuality as a sin" during a chapel service.