Airline Employee Barred From Wearing Cross
This is a rather silly case, considering if what the woman says is true — that her employer allows others of other faiths to wear their symbolic jewelry and head coverings.
A British Airways worker suspended for wearing a Christian cross said she was “very disappointed” at losing her claim for religious discrimination.
Nadia Eweida, from Twickenham, southwest London, took her case to an employment tribunal after complaining that a manager banned her from wearing a small cross around her neck.
… The row erupted, according to Miss Eweida, after a diversity awareness meeting in October 2006 when a manager told her to remove it or hide her cross from sight.
When she refused, she was put on unpaid leave from her post at Heathrow Airport.
The company eventually changed its uniform policy and Miss Eweida returned to work in February last year. She continues to be employed by the airline.
She has been on rest days this week, but will return to work tomorrow wearing her cross.
Miss Eweida said the root of her complaint was that the airline had “rules for one minority group but not the other”.
She said that while Muslims and Sikhs were allowed to wear hijabs and religious Kara bangles respectively, she, as a Christian, was asked to remove her religious jewellery.
“It is a form of discrimination against Christians,” she said.
(Source)
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