Discrimination: Removing employment barriers for Muslim women

Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP | Employment Law Journal | October 2016 #174
Ambiguous legal protection and subconscious bias by recruiters are making it difficult for Muslim women who wear a headscarf to find work. Arpita Dutt and Rolleen McDonnell investigate ‘The requirements of one’s faith cannot be applied outside work but “politely discarded” during working hours. It would be wrong to suppose that, whereas one’s sex and …

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Discrimination: Heels, hemlines and headscarves

Collingwood Legal | Employment Law Journal | July/August 2016 #172
Sarah Fitzpatrick considers the legislation and recent decisions on dress codes in the workplace ‘Dress codes can give rise to claims of unlawful discrimination on a number of grounds, including sex, religion and, not quite so commonly, disability and gender reassignment.’Over the last few months the media have featured a number of dress-code stories, including …

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