ECJ Fundamental rights – Directive 2000/78/EC – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Concept of discrimination based on religion or belief – Distinction between direct and indirect discrimination – Justification – Company ban on the wearing of visible religious, political or philosophical symbols – Religious and ideological neutrality – Dismissal of a female employee of Muslim faith on account of her firm intention to wear an Islamic headscarf in the workplace
ECLI:EU:C:2016:382, C-157/15, [2016] EUECJ C-157/15, [2017] EUECJ C-157/15
Bailii, Bailii
Directive 2000/78/EC
European
Discrimination, Human Rights
Updated: 17 January 2022; Ref: scu.564910
