Religion in the Workplace
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Friday December 19, 2008
Islam • Religion in the Workplace:
“I was brought up a Muslim, and am not used to wearing sexually attractive clothes.” She refused to wear it and claims she was immediately fired.
Miss Lemes, a Bosnian Muslim, is suing restaurant group Spring & Greene, which owns the Rocket chain, for sexual harassment and sex discrimination.
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Tuesday January 15, 2008
Islam • Religion in the Workplace:
Customer: “Had this been a copy of the Koran I am confident any Christian person would be happy to do her job, and for this to happen in a Marks & Spencer of all places beggars belief.”
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Wednesday January 9, 2008
Religion in the Workplace:
A British Airways worker who was suspended for wearing a cross around her neck to work has lost her case alleging religious discrimination.
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Thursday December 20, 2007
Religion in the Workplace:
The row is just the latest example of BA initiating disciplinary proceedings because of their employee’s religious beliefs (and a good reason to boycott British Airways in favor of an airline not operated by morons).
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Saturday July 14, 2007
Religion in the Workplace:
Proposed regulations for the religious worker visa program, which the U.S. government says is rife with fraud, have kindled fears at religious organizations nationwide that workers they depend on might be shut out.
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Wednesday January 24, 2007
Religion in the Workplace:
A former executive of an Irvine car wax manufacturer alleges in a lawsuit that the company fired him because he had not pursued “a Christian lifestyle” and was not on fire for Jesus.
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Friday January 19, 2007
Religion in the Workplace:
British Airways PLC said Friday that it had overturned a dress code rule that had barred employees from wearing visible religious symbols.
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Wednesday December 20, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
A second airline is embroiled in a religious row after a stewardess decided to take bmi to an employment tribunal because it refused to allow her to carry a Bible on flights to Saudi Arabia.
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Tuesday December 5, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
Willie Walsh issued a defiant message in the face of a torrent of criticism from Archbishops and Cabinet Ministers over its ban on staff wearing the cross.
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Monday November 27, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
Neil Robertson, BA’s People Director, told staff in an email two weeks ago of his plans to leave BA at the end of January after a 30-year career.
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Religion in the Workplace:
Tony Blair has hinted at his disapproval of the decision to sack a British Airways worker because she refused to give up her cross.
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Sunday November 26, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
British Airways check-in worker Nadia Eweida has rejected a deal by the airline to end the row over her cross.
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Saturday November 25, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
Archbishop Rowan Williams succeeded in getting British Airways to review its policy against the wearing of a Christian cross, after the religious leader threathened to withdraw Anglican Church shares in the company.
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Religion in the Workplace:
British Airways is ready to climb down over its refusal to allow a Christian check-in worker to wear a cross over her uniform.
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Friday November 24, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
The Church of England is reviewing its whole attitude towards British Airways, in which it has investments, for refusing to let employees wear crosses over their uniforms, the Archbishop of Canterbury said on Friday.
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Tuesday November 21, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
The Archbishop of York says British Airways refusal to let a staff member openly wear a cross is nonsense.
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British Airways said it rejected an appeal on Monday by a check-in worker who was sent home for wearing a Christian cross while working.
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Monday October 16, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
A committed Christian said today she planned to take legal action against her employers British Airways after the airline ruled that displaying her crucifix breached uniform rules. Heathrow check-in worker Nadia Eweida was sent home after refusing to remove the crucifix which breached BA’s dress code.
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Tuesday March 14, 2006
Religion in the Workplace:
It's noon at the Tyson Foods plant in Sanford, N.C., and Lucrecia Hall stands at an assembly line, straightening plastic bags packed with tortillas.
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Monday October 31, 2005
Religion in the Workplace:
It's a turbulent time in the world of business. Prestigious firms are under scrutiny for their practices, and corporate highfliers are going to court and sometimes to jail. Yet it's a time when people are seeking ways to incorporate spiritual practices and moral values into their workaday lives.
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Friday April 29, 2005
Religion in the Workplace:
Apr. 27, 2005 - A former employee of the New Santana Band has accused musician Carlos Santana and his wife of firing him for not being "closer to God," according to a wrongful termination lawsuit filed in California.
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Saturday October 9, 2004
Religion in the Workplace:
Finding meaning at work
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Monday April 19, 2004
Religion in the Workplace:
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from an Indiana law officer fired for refusing to work at a casino.
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Saturday January 10, 2004
Religion in the Workplace:
Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn said he took no offense, but the religious e-mail he got from a Gilbert Fire Department employee violated that town's e-mail policy.
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Friday January 9, 2004
Religion in the Workplace:
SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard had the right to fire an employee who posted anti-gay messages at his cubicle to protest the company's diversity policy, a federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled.
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Most Read about Religion in the Workplace
- Outcry as Muslim Marks & Spencer worker refuses to sell book on Christianity, calling it unclean
- British Airways employee loses appeal to wear cross necklace at work
- Religious organizations nationwide fear workers' visa program overhaul
- British Airways head has no regrets over Christian cross row
- Muslim cocktail waitress claims she was fired over her refusal to wear revealing dress
- Stewardess banned from carrying Bible
- Christian BA employee to take legal action over suspension for wearing cross
- British Airways stop Jewish worker from observing sabbath by making him work on Saturdays
- British Airways worker loses discrimination case over cross
- Former exec in Irvine says he was fired over religion
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