Muslim did not get the job because I wear a headscarf. The court sided with her … – Polish Radio

In 2008, the then 17-year-old Samantha Elauf came in a sling for a job interview in children’s clothing store belonging to the network in a shopping mall in the city of Tulsa in Oklahoma. She did not say that he is a Muslim, but according to Judge Antonin Scalia shop had the right to “at least believe” that a woman wears a headscarf for religious reasons.
Samantha Elauf made a good impression on manager, with whom talked, but her candidacy was lost because her headscarf worn by arguing with the requirements for the appearance of employees. According to the dress code’em in force at the time in the network, saleswomen, known as “models” were present “style typical high school student the east coast of the USA”.
Under US law, an employer must “reasonably” to adapt to beliefs religious workers unless this is unreasonable burden on the company.
Since then, the network changed its guidelines on clothing.

 

The US Supreme Court decided by a vote of 8-1 that there was no such obligation, and the mere fact of the rejection of her application for a job because of wearing a headscarf amounts to discrimination on religious grounds.
Case against Abercrombie & amp; Fitch sued on behalf of the Muslim government of the United States. The lawsuit supported by religious organizations not only Muslims, but also Christians, Jews and Sikhs.

 

IAR, PAP, bk