Discrimination based on religious beliefs

Banning the right to wear a cross at work

April 16, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights

An interesting human rights case is making its way to the European Court of Human Rights, where the British government is set to defend the right of employers to ban employees from wearing the cross at work as it is not a “requirement” of the Christian faith.

British Airways, Christian faith, discrimination, Discrimination based on religious beliefs, dress code, employment law, employment tribunal, European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of religion, Religious, religious accommodation, religious observances, religious symbols, uniform code, Uniform policy, wearing the cross at work

Christmas greetings in the workplace may be offensive

December 14, 2010 Andrew Lawson Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights

You can’t say ‘Merry Christmas’ anymore—they have taken all the fun out of coming to work. What about my human rights? Wow! Where did all this negativity come from? I decided to do some research and look for the origins of this Christmas bashing and I turned up some interesting cases.