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Abercrombie & Fitch head scarf case: US Supreme Court rules for Muslim Samantha Elauf, refused job after wearing scarf to interview Abercrombie & Fitch head scarf case: US Supreme Court rules for Muslim Samantha Elauf, refused job after wearing scarf to interview
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The Supreme Court has sided with a Muslim woman who did not get hired after she showed up to a job interview with clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch wearing a head scarf. The Supreme Court has sided with a Muslim woman who did not get hired after she showed up to a job interview with a major American clothing retailer wearing a headscarf.
Jutices on Monday said that employers generally have to accommodate job applicants and employees with religious needs if the employer at least has an idea that such accommodation is necessary. Justices stepped in on Monday in the case involving Abercrombie & Fitch and said that employers generally have to accommodate job applicants and employees with religious needs if the employer at least has an idea that such accommodation is necessary.
On a 8-1 vote, the court handed victory to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency that sued the company on behalf of Samantha Elauf. She was denied a sales job in 2008 at an Abercrombie Kids store in Tulsa when she was 17.On a 8-1 vote, the court handed victory to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency that sued the company on behalf of Samantha Elauf. She was denied a sales job in 2008 at an Abercrombie Kids store in Tulsa when she was 17.
Job applicant Ms Elauf did not tell her interviewer she was Muslim, Reuters reported.Job applicant Ms Elauf did not tell her interviewer she was Muslim, Reuters reported.
But Justice Antonin Scalia said for the court that Abercrombie "at least suspected" that Ms Elauf wore a head scarf for religious reasons. But Justice Antonin Scalia said for the court that Abercrombie "at least suspected" that Ms Elauf wore a head scarf for religious reasons. Mr Scalia said: "That is enough."
Mr Scalia said: "That is enough." The company at the time that by wearing the scarf, Ms Elauf violated its “look policy” for members of the sales staff. She has claimed her civil rights were abused
At issue for the US Supreme Court was whether or not Ms Elauf was required to ask for such a religious accommodation in order for the company to be sued under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Muslim, Christian and Jewish advocacy organisations had weighed in on Ms Elauf’s side, as had gay-rights groups.