Company may legally ban religious headscarves

Nochumson, P.C. is reporting that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a private company that operates a prison on behalf of Delaware County may ban employees from wearing religious headscarves in the workplace.

This is a surprising outcome, because generally religious outerwear is protected from employer discrimination.  However, the court found that in this case, public safety is more important than protecting prison employees right to wear religious outerwear. 

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