Compensation for woman suspended without pay for wearing hijab to work
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 @ 11:05 AM
AN ADMINISTRATION worker at Palma de Mallorca airport has won her case against her firm for refusing to let her wear her hijab in the office.
She had been subjected to disciplinary action seven times, which mainly involved suspending her and docking her pay for a day at a time.
The woman, who has not been named, worked for the franchise Acciona, dealing with passenger queries, on a permanent ad hoc job contract from 2007 meaning she was considered a fixed employee but had periodic lay-off periods during low season.
In December 2015, she told her superior that she wished to wear a hijab – a headscarf which leaves the face uncovered but conceals the throat and hair – during her working day, and this was agreed provisionally whilst a consultation was held at the head office in Madrid on the matter.
But between April and July 2016, she was repeatedly sanctioned by the firm.
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