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Hijab on the Job and America's Legal Rejection of Neutrality in Religious Matters by Phyllis Chesler Breitbart June 2, 2015 Print Send RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. On June 1st, the Supreme Court "reversed and remanded" Samantha Elauf's high profile lawsuit concerning her right to wear a hijab at work back to the Tenth Circuit's appeals court for further proceedings. Elauf, represented by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, had been awarded $20,000 by a jury at the trial level; that award was vacated by the appeals court. Now, when the appeals court revisits the case, they may reinstate that jury award. The Supreme Court decision states that a private employer must "accommodate" an employee's religious rights on the job: An employer may not make an applicant's religious practice, confirmed or otherwise, a factor in employment decisions…Title VII gives favored treatment to religious practices, rather than demanding that religious practices be treated as no worse than other practices. » CONTINUE READING Related Topics:  Hijab & Burqa, Islam, The Islamic Veil
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