Azmi v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 30 March 2007 |
| Date | 30 March 2007 |
| Court | Employment Appeal Tribunal |
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Before Mr Justice Wilkie, Mr P. Smith and Mr S. Yeboah
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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