Combating religious discrimination in the workplace: approaches by the EU Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights

The European Commission, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Network Against Racism agree that religious discrimination in workplaces is becoming a widespread concern for many believers. The Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights h...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Relaño Pastor, Eugenia
Format: article
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/114184
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114184
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:341
Non-discrimination
Religious freedom
Religious attire
Autonomy of the religious groups
Court of Justice of the European Union
European Court of Human Rights
Ciencias Sociales
56 Ciencias Jurídicas y Derecho
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Summary:The European Commission, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Network Against Racism agree that religious discrimination in workplaces is becoming a widespread concern for many believers. The Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights have addressed religious discrimination in employment. A comparison of the two courts’ judgements identifies commonalities and differences in weighing the autonomy of religious organizations versus employees’ right to be free of discrimination on religious grounds.