European Court of Justice: Employers can now ban headscarves at work

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that employers are now able to ban employees from wearing Islamic headscarves in work – the BBC reports.

The ban comes as part of a move which stops workers from the "visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign", in order to enforce employees to “dress neutrally”.

The ECJ’s ruling came after a receptionist was fired from her post in Belgium for wearing a headscarf to work. The court found that the termination was “not discriminatory”, as the company had  a policy which required all staff to “project an image of neutrality towards both its public and private sector customers”.

But what does this mean of HR?