2023-11-28 15:56:21
Brussels. The European Court of Justice (ECJ), the highest judicial body of the European Union (EU), ruled that a municipality in Belgium’s headscarf ban on female employees was not discrimination. The court stated that a public institution may impose a headscarf ban on its employees “provided that it includes all religious symbols in order to create a neutral working environment.”
The case was filed by a female employee of the Municipality of Ans in the French-speaking Wallonia region of Belgium. The female employee, who claimed that she had almost no communication with the public due to her job, applied to the labor court, stating that the headscarf ban imposed by the decision of the city council was against freedom of belief.
The European Court of Justice, whose opinion was asked by the court in Belgium, ruled on Tuesday that the headscarf ban implemented in the municipality was not contrary to freedom of belief. In the decision of the EU court, “In order to create a neutral working environment, a public authority may prohibit the wearing of visible symbols that reveal philosophical or religious beliefs in the workplace.” specified. The European Court of Justice ruled that the ban imposed by the public administration “applicable to all employees, covering all religious symbols” He emphasized that it would not constitute discrimination in this case. The court also ruled that such a ban applies both in the office and in contact with customers.
The EU’s top court ruled on July 15, 2021 that companies can ban their employees from wearing headscarves under certain conditions. (yenivatan.at)
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