Religion, discrimination, the head scarf and labour law

Abstract

Religion in society and religion in the workplace have recently become highly debated topics in many European countries such as Belgium, France and Germany. The focus of this paper is on religion in labour law in France and in Belgium from an EU law and from a labour law perspective. The main focus will be put on considering the recent headscarf cases in the case law of the European Court of Justice from March 2017 in a broad and comparative perspective. The author underlines the need to find a new balance, in the work context, of conflicting fundamental rights.