No requirement to wear a cross

There has been much publicity in the case of the British Airways worker, Nadia Eweida, who alleged that her employer had discriminated against her by preventing her from wearing a Christian cross with her uniform.

The Court of Appeal last week held that it was not indirect discrimination for an employer’s dress code to prevent a staff member from wearing a cross as a visible neck adornment because it was not a requirement of Christianity that adherents had to wear a public display of their faith.

The case may well now proceed to the Supreme Court.