EU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaces

2023-11-29 01:45

The court ruling came after a Belgian employee was told she could not wear an Islamic headscarf.

The top European Union court has ruled that member states can prohibit their employees from wearing signs of religious belief.

The Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling came after a Belgian woman alleged the local municipality where she worked had infringed her religious freedom by telling her she couldn...