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- Date:
- 25 June 2019
- Type:
- Audio and video
We discuss workplace dress codes and reflect on recent research we have carried out in this area.
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- Type:
- Policies and documents
Enhanced with a new version of the model policy, with the example wording reflecting current practice on dress and appearance in the workplace.
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- Date:
- 7 March 2019
- Type:
- News
Female cabin crew working for Virgin Atlantic will no longer be required to wear make-up while on their shift.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2018
- Type:
- Survey analysis
XpertHR explores the different approaches taken by employers to dress and appearance in the workplace and the challenges involved in ensuring that rules are followed
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- Date:
- 26 July 2017
- Type:
- Audio and video
In this podcast, Darren Newman explores the issue of sex discrimination and workplace dress codes.
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- Date:
- 14 March 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
The European Court of Justice has held that a direct religious discrimination claim in which an employee who wears an Islamic headscarf is dismissed to appease a customer cannot be defended on the basis of a "genuine and determining occupational requirement".
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- Date:
- 14 March 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
The European Court of Justice has held that a ban on religious dress that prevents a Muslim woman from wearing an Islamic headscarf when in contact with clients cannot be directly discriminatory, but is potentially indirectly discriminatory.
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- Date:
- 3 August 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
In Begum v Pedagogy Auras UK Ltd t/a Barley Lane Montessori Day Nursery EAT/0309/13, the EAT upheld an employment tribunal decision that there was no religious discrimination against a Muslim interviewee who was asked by the interviewer if she could wear religious clothing that did not present a trip hazard.
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- Date:
- 14 July 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
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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- Date:
- 2 June 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
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.
