Azmi v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date30 March 2007
Date30 March 2007
CourtEmployment Appeal Tribunal

Employment Appeal Tribunal

Before Mr Justice Wilkie, Mr P. Smith and Mr S. Yeboah

Azmi
and
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
No discrimination in ban on veil in classroom

A Muslim teaching assistant who had been suspended for disobeying an instruction not to wear a veil when assisting a male teacher was not discriminated against directly or indirectly on the ground of religion or belief.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal so held when dismissing an appeal by the claimant, Mrs A Azmi, from a decision of a Leeds employment tribunal on October 12, 2006 that her employers, Kirklees Metropolitan Council, had not discriminated against her contrary to the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations (SI 2003 No 1660) or Council Directive 2000/78/EC (OJ 2000 L303/16).

Mr Declan O'Dempsey for the claimant; Mr Peter Oldham for Kirklees.

MR JUSTICE WILKIE, giving the reserved judgment of the appeal tribunal, said that the claimant worked at Headfield Church of England (Controlled) Junior School...

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