Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Top EU court upholds employers right to ban headscarves

Europe's top court has ruled employers are allowed to ban their staff from wearing political, philosophical or religious signs - including the Islamic headscarf.

The case was started when a firm in Belgium and another in France fired female staff for wearing a headscarves at work.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports. 

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