Employment Discrimination Based on Religion - Page 2

Reverend_Hellh0und · 07-03-08, 09:07 PM

Private business should be able to hire/fire whoever they want.

mikhail · 07-04-08, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Lachean

Can an employer be justified in refusing to hire an individual based on their religion?

For example: A girl wearing a Burka applies to a hair salon where employees are expected to show off their hair, if said girl indicates that she would refuse to remove the Burka if hired, should the employer be punished for turning her away?

How about if the job required a uniform? Or work on the sabbath?

the example you stated happened

Hair salon row | Muslim woman sues | Claiming £30k | Bushra Noah | The Sun |HomePage|News

I know its the sun but its basically right though i think she only got 4k.

I dont think you can legislate discrimination against religion for a start their is too many.

Secondly if an employer directly discriminates against a black guy it would not be very difficult for him to prove he is black.Religions have rules that could benefit them and religious people in the vast majority dont strictly follow these rules.

You can take your personnel opinions from religion but once you have they are your opinions employers have the right to judge you on your opinions.

All this said im against all the discrimination employment laws if im an employer and my rivals are racists and not employing any very well qualified non whites i will in employ them and put my competitors out of business.

YamiB. · 07-30-08, 05:45 PM

If a person's religion interferes with their ability to do their job then they should not get it. For example it would probably be a bad idea for a Catholic to apply for a job at planned parenthood or a pharmacist assuming that they will not put their religious beliefs aside to do their job.

Otherwise religion should not be a factor considered in hiring a person.

Iriemon · 07-30-08, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthernDemocrat

You cannot discriminate in hiring purely on an applicants religious beliefs. In fact, their religious beliefs in and of themselves cannot be a consideration for employment.

However, if the applicant's religious practices prevent them from reasonably fulfilling the duties of the position, then its perfectly legal not to hire them. For example, if you had a position for a meat cutter, but you did not hire a baptist simply because you don't like baptists, then your actions would be illegal. However, if you did not hire an orthodox jew for a meat cutting position in a hog slaughter house because they kept kosher and thus could not handle pork, then your not hiring them on the basis of their religious practices preventing them from fulfilling the duties of the position would be perfectly legal.

Best answer.

Also, companies can set policies about dress and things like that as long as they apply it in a non-religious way. A company could have a rule that no religious symbols be displayed, but not one saying that Muslims can't wear burkas (unless it interfers with a legitimate job function).

Gibberish · 08-01-08, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lachean

Can an employer be justified in refusing to hire an individual based on their religion?

For example: A girl wearing a Burka applies to a hair salon where employees are expected to show off their hair, if said girl indicates that she would refuse to remove the Burka if hired, should the employer be punished for turning her away?

How about if the job required a uniform? Or work on the sabbath?

It is not discrimination if the individuals religious practices impacted their ability to perform the job as required. For that matter any practice, not just religion.

Now if the employer didn't hire an individual because the employer was negatively opinionated about the religion then it would be discriminatory.