15 Jul 2021 (Joined Cases C-804/18 and C-341/19); EU:C:2021:594; [2022] ICR 190; [2021] WLR(D) 399; The Times, 26 August 2021, ECJ (President K Lenaerts, Vice-President R Silva de Lapuerta, Presidents of Chambers A Prechal, M Vilaras, E Regan, L Bay Larsen, N Piçarra, A Kumin, Judges T von Danwitz, C Toader, M Safjan, F Biltgen, PG Xuereb, LS Rossi, I Jarukaitis, Advocate General A Rantos)
DISCRIMINATION — Religion or belief — Equal treatment — Employers prohibiting wearing of visible signs of belief at work as part of policy of political, philosophical and religious neutrality — Employees banned from wearing Islamic headscarf — Whether direct discrimination against workers observing dress codes based on religious precepts — Whether indirect discrimination justifiable by desire to pursue policy of neutrality — Whether prohibition limited to large-sized signs of belief justifiable — Whether national provisions protecting freedom of religion to be taken into account when considering indirect discrimination — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 10 — Council Directive 2000/78/EC, arts 1, 2(2), 8(1)
(Joined Cases C-804/18 and C-341/19); EU:C:2021:594; [2022] ICR 190; [2021] WLR(D) 399; The Times, 26 August 2021, ECJ
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