Discrimination in the workplace: Toward a transatlantic comparison
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2019.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : Must a legitimately profit-maximizing private firm cede to an employee’s right to dress as required by his or her religious beliefs? Does existing antidiscrimination legislation permit a decision prejudicial to that employee and determined by the employer’s anticipation and accommodation of negative responses toward her by clients? Taking into consideration relevant U.S. case law, the European Union Court of Justice, in its 2017 Achbita and Bougnaoui decisions, answered those fundamental questions by substantially weakening the ban on religious-based discrimination while concealing its underlying rationale.
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Must a legitimately profit-maximizing private firm cede to an employee’s right to dress as required by his or her religious beliefs? Does existing antidiscrimination legislation permit a decision prejudicial to that employee and determined by the employer’s anticipation and accommodation of negative responses toward her by clients? Taking into consideration relevant U.S. case law, the European Union Court of Justice, in its 2017 Achbita and Bougnaoui decisions, answered those fundamental questions by substantially weakening the ban on religious-based discrimination while concealing its underlying rationale.




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