EU working environment headscarf boycott is legitimate, says ECJ

Managers are qualified for restriction specialists from the "visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign" - including headscarves, Europe's top court has ruled.

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Be that as it may, the boycott must be founded on inside organisation rules requiring all representatives to "dress impartially", said the European Court of Justice (ECJ). 

It can't be founded on the desires of a client, it said. 

It is the court's first choice on the issue of Islamic headscarves at work. Breaking news girl

The ECJ's decision was invited by the instance of a secretary terminated for wearing a headscarf to work at the organisation G4S in Belgium. 

Belgium's court of cassation had alluded the case to the EU's top court for illumination.

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