Religious discrimination at the CJEU and the social inclusion approach
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Howard, E. 2024. Religious discrimination at the CJEU and the social inclusion approach. European Labour Law Journal . 15 (4), pp. 711-725. https://doi.org/10.1177/20319525241261030
Type | Article |
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Title | Religious discrimination at the CJEU and the social inclusion approach |
Authors | Howard, E. |
Abstract | The social inclusion approach to EU anti-discrimination law, as set out by Ringelheim, is aimed at achieving inclusion and participation in employment and wider society of all groups, including the most disadvantaged. But is the CJEU using this social inclusion approach, especially in cases concerning religious discrimination? This article argues that the CJEU in cases regarding racial and ethnic origin, disability and sexual orientation discrimination as well as in some cases regarding religion or belief discrimination, has indeed applied a social inclusion approach but that the six judgments regarding the wearing of Islamic headscarves at work are an exception. In the latter cases, the CJEU did not appear to pay any attention to the effect of the judgments on the employment opportunities of Muslim women who want to wear religious symbols at work. |
Keywords | EU anti-discrimination law; social inclusion approach; religious discrimination; race discrimination; disability discrimination; Islamic headscarves |
Sustainable Development Goals | 10 Reduced inequalities |
Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
Research Group | Law and Politics |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Journal | European Labour Law Journal |
ISSN | 2031-9525 |
Electronic | 2399-5556 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 11 Jun 2024 |
Dec 2024 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 27 May 2024 |
Deposited | 28 May 2024 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/20319525241261030 |
Language | English |
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